Three Louisiana residents have been arrested for allegedly stealing a rare solid silver Abraham Lincoln statue from the Houmas House Estate and Gardens in Darrow and cutting it into pieces to sell at a pawn shops.
Steve Coronado, 28, Alma Fontenot, 20, and Bruce Shelvin, 49, all face simple burglary and felony theft over $25,000 charges, the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office said. Coronado also faces three counts of possession of stolen property.
Police claim the trio broke a window overnight Saturday to force their way into the plantation home, before making off with the Lincoln statue. The historic value of the statue is estimated at $166,000, authorities added…