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- March 8, 2010Artifact cases will proceed despite source's death
- March 3, 2010Friend: Artifacts informant ‘brilliant,' ‘plagued by demons'
- March 3, 2010Suicide of key witness causes problems for artifacts trial
- March 2, 2010Undercover informant in stolen artifact case apparently commits suicide
- Feb. 23, 2010Utahn accuses feds of misconduct in artifact case
- Jan. 31, 2010Informant in artifact looting case got $162,000
- Nov. 20, 2009
Man pleads guilty to threatening federal informant
- Sept. 16, 2009
Mother, daughter sentenced in artifacts theft case
- Aug. 18, 2009
Lawyers in artifact looting case told to prepare
- Aug. 11, 2009
Utah man held in artifacts case for alleged threat
- July 15, 2009
Man remains jailed in threat over artifacts theft case
- July 13, 2009
Feds charge man with threatening informant in artifacts case
- July 6, 2009
Mother and daughter strike deals in artifacts theft case
- July 13, 2009
Feds charge man with threatening informant in artifacts case
- June 24, 2009
New warrant claims 2 arrested for artifact thefts also involved in fraud scheme
- June 17, 2009
Defendants in stolen artifacts case make appearance in court
- June 15, 2009
County commission asks Utah's future gov. to talk to Salazar about artifact arrests
- June 13, 2009
Senators to call for investigation of artifact raid
- June 12, 2009
Some say feds handled archaeology bust too harshly
- June 11, 2009
Utah man indicted in archaeology theft ring found dead
- June 10, 2009 Dozens arrested in archeological artifacts bust
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Two southern Utah residents have pleaded guilty to stealing government property and illegally trafficking in American Indian artifacts.
Brent Bullock, 61, and Tammy Shumway, 40, entered the pleas Monday in U.S. District Court.
Bullock and Shumway were among 26 people indicted after a long-running federal sting targeting those who illegally dig up, sell and collect Indian artifacts in the Four Corners area.
Court documents say Bullock sold several ancient Indian items to an undercover operative in 2007, including a blanket fragment. Investigators say Shumway aided and abetted those deals and signed a falsified paper as a witness.
Each faces a maximum of 12 years in prison.
Sentencing is set for July.
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