NEW YORK, June 13 (UPI) -- A man has pleaded guilty to stealing a letter authored by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt from a Muttontown, N.Y., group and attempting to sell the document.
Edward Renehan Jr., 51, former director of the Theodore Roosevelt Association, pleaded guilty to grand larceny in the third degree after stealing the 26th president's letter from the association's office and giving it to auction house Swann Galleries to sell, New York Newsday reported Friday.
"I took a letter from the association and subsequently endeavored to sell that item," Renehan told Nassau County Court Judge John Kase.
Renehan could face up to six months in prison under the plea agreement. Kase set sentencing for September to allow a federal court to impose a sentence on related charges.
He could face 24 to 30 months on the federal charge after he pleaded guilty to stealing the Roosevelt letter as well as letters authored by Presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
Kase said the two sentences will be served concurrently.
