(Helena) A New Mexico man who admitted to stealing 100 year old items, including letters by the wife of Western artist Charlie “C.M.” Russell, from the Montana Historical Society and selling them on eBay for profit was sentenced on Monday to six months in prison to be followed by one year of supervised release, and fined $4,000 dollars, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.
The defendant, Brian Anthony D’Ambrosio, 50, of Sante Fe, New Mexico, pleaded guilty in July to theft of major artwork. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morros presided. The court also ordered $22,508 restitution. The
