Man pleads guilty to stealing human brains from Indiana medical museum

[Little Tich]

Source: Yahoo! News / Reuters

(Reuters) - A 23-year-old Indiana man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to breaking into a medical museum and stealing preserved human brains and other tissue that he then sold online, authorities said.

David Charles, of Indianapolis, pleaded guilty to six charges including receiving stolen property, and burglary in a Marion County court where Magistrate Amy Barbar sentenced him to one year of home detention and two years of probation, county prosecutor spokesman Anthony Deer said.

Charles on multiple occasions broke into the Indiana Medical History Museum to steal jars of brains and other human tissue, according to Marion County prosecutor's office.

The museum is a former hospital for the insane founded in 1848 and later converted into a museum with an autopsy room and anatomical museum that displays preserved specimens, mostly brains, organized by pathology.

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[alcibiades_mystery]

1. Yo that's mah cousin!

[hobbit709]

2. At least he wasn't eating them.

[bananas]

23. iZombie. nt

[uppityperson]

3. Igor?

[w0nderer]

6. abby normal? n/t

[JoePhilly]

10. What hump?

[FLPanhandle]

4. Now... that brain that you gave me... was it Hans Delbruck's?

Igor: No.
Dr. Frankenstein: Ah. Good. Uh... would you mind telling me... whose brain... I did put in?
Igor: And you won't be angry?
Dr. Frankenstein: I will not be angry.
Igor: Abby...someone.
Dr. Frankenstein: Abby someone? Abby who?
Igor: Abby Normal.
Dr. Frankenstein: [takes a deep breath] Abby Normal?
Igor: I'm almost sure that was the name.

[C_U_L8R]

5. Abby Normal?

[w0nderer]

7. many young frankenstein fans on this thread LOL

actually it probably sounded more like
I'm an activist, i freed these brains to help fox viewers!

[KingCharlemagne]

17. ROTFLMAO - Did I hear "Frau Blucher"??? - nt

[LiberalArkie]

8. Kick & Rec.. Not often you read about stealing brains.

[JeffHead]

9. A former hospital for the insane?

Sounds less like a break in and more like someone just wanting to go home and pick up a few things.

[Orrex]

11. Earlier, the Scarecrow was brought in for questioning but was released without charge

[KingCharlemagne]

19. FTW - nt

[NBachers]

12. There's nothing wrong with this brain . . .

[MrScorpio]

13. I'm going to call him "Igor."

That's pronounced EYE-Gore.

[Sinpledon]

14. Oh lord

What's wrong with people.

[Turbineguy]

15. Maybe he wanted to start a multi-level marketing scheme

to increase the intellectual level of republican voters. Since the brains were already organized by pathology, most of his work was already done.

[Doctor_J]

16. maybe he can hand them out at the next gop debate

Desperate need there

[KingCharlemagne]

18. We really need to keep this thread kicked to give every wit at DU a shot. - nt

[Botany]

20. David Charles is so dumb.

Doesn't he know that Planned Parenthood harvests and sells baby brains? I am
sure of that because Carly Fiorina told me so because she saw a videotape of
P.P. harvesting brains.

[ChazInAz]

21. Obviously....

He was collecting props for their next videos.