Monticello - Liberty man gets prison time, fine for possessing stolen Torah
A Liberty man was sentenced in Sullivan County Court
Thursday to prison for possessing a Torah stolen last December from the
Landfield Avenue Synagogue.
Judge Mike McGuire sentenced Christopher Colvill, 41, to
3 to 6 years in prison and fined him $5,000. McGuire called Colvill “insensitive”
for taking the sacred scroll in a scheme to obtain a $6,000 reward. No members
of the synagogue attended the sentencing.
The Torah, valued at around $35,000, was stolen along
with about $200 in charity money from the synagogue around Dec. 30. After a
multi-agency police investigation, it was found undamaged on Jan. 24 at a home
where Colvill was staying.
Colvill, who has a lengthy rap sheet dating to 1989, was
suspected of stealing the Torah but never charged with the burglary. He pleaded
guilty to felony criminal possession of stolen property in May.
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