Is This Guy Serious?

 54 year old Daniel Lorello who works for the New York Education Department has been arraigned on multiple criminal charges for stealing and selling hundreds of historic artifacts from the new York State Library, including the above signed 1823 letter from then Vice President John Calhoun. While I think most people can get behind stealing historic documents and artifacts, Mr. Lorello attempted to sell items on Ebay. (The letter fetched bids as high as $1,700)

In a search of Lorello’s home, officials found hundreds of stolen items. I don’t know why, but Lorello is pleading “Not guilty”. While nobody is sure exactly how much he has profited, it is believed that sales of Davy Crockett Almanacs alone fetched over $5,000, and that he’s made at least tens of thousands of dollars! Obviously we’re here to call people out, but even compared to the crap we post about Britney Spears this seems like odd behavior. Lorello’s job pays over $70,000.00 a year, which leads one to believe he’s at least reasonably intelligent…so how did he get caught with hundreds of stolen items? Sometimes it’s really hard not to be disappointed in humanity. 

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