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...Connecticut judge sentenced map thief E. Forbes Smiley III to five years in prison Friday, ending a saga that began after Yale University librarians found his Exacto knife on the floor of their rare books library—a smoking gun in the 15-month-long case...
...Smiley, whose federal sentence begins Jan. 4, will serve his two sentences concurrently. His attorney, Richard Reeve, said that Smiley would likely spend a total of three years in prison on account of good behavior. Smiley’s federal sentence includes $2 million in restitution...
...Smiley stole 98 maps from institutions including the New York Public Library, the British Library, and the Boston Public Library, and he assisted investigators in recovering nearly half of the stolen items...
Still, Brainard said that HCL can prove that Smiley viewed all of the books from which the 13 maps are missing...
Brainard said the next step in the Smiley saga is to get the recovered maps returned to their rightful owners. Maps that HCL believes to still be missing have been advertised on rare maps and missing cultural property web sites since this summer...