Oregon man gets 50 days for ruining Sacagawea statue
12:31 PM PST on Friday, March 7, 2008
ASTORIA, Ore. -- An Oregon man has been sentenced to 50 days in jail for his part in the theft and destruction of the statue of Sacagawea at Fort Clatsop.
KTVZ, Bend
Marcus Bologna of Gearhart got what Judge Philip Nelson said was the maximum sentence he could impose for the theft. Besides the 50 days in jail, the 42-year-old will be on probation for two years and must pay fines and restitution.
The statue of Sacagawea disappeared from Fort Clatsop National Memorial Park on Jan. 20. It had been bolted into a concrete footing.
A Bend scrap dealer tipped police that sellers of the statue's remains had approached him.
Background: Statue stolen and mangled
The statue had been hacked to pieces.
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