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US man pleads guilty to stealing human brains

A 23-year-old Indiana man agreed to charges that he broke into a medical museum and stole preserved human brains and other tissues 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 on Wednesday.

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