Man faces up to decade in prison in Stradivarius theft
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A Wisconsin man accused of masterminding the theft of a $5 million Stradivarius violin faces up to a decade in prison when he is sentenced Monday.
Forty-two-year-old Salah Salahadyn pleaded guilty to robbery in October, nearly eight months after the 300-year-old instrument was snatched from a musician who was attacked with a stun gun after a performance in Milwaukee.
Court documents say Salahadyn told an acquaintance such a robbery would be his dream crime because of the instrument's value and the ease of grabbing it from a musician walking down the street.
The violin was missing for nine days before police found it in a suitcase in the attic of Salahadyn's acquaintances.
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