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Friday, June 20, 2008
Courts - "Ohio historian indicted for moving huge rock"
Stephenie Steitzer of the Louisville Courier Journal reports today in a long story that begins:
An Ohio historian may be caught between a rock and some hard time.Nine months after Steven Shaffer of Ironton, Ohio, led an effort to remove an 8-ton boulder from the Ohio River, a Greenup County, Ky., grand jury has indicted him on a felony charge for removing the historic rock. Now Shaffer faces a criminal charge of removing an object of antiquity, a Class D felony that could earn him one to five years in prison.
The rock, which Kentucky contends was on its side of the river, is listed on the state's official antiquities register. Kentucky law requires that a permit be obtained from the Office of State Archaeology before an object on the register is removed.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on June 20, 2008 11:19 AM
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