Brooklyn Museum Thief Admits to Crimes
Following up on a story from early June, when we reported that former Brooklyn Museum payroll manager Dwight Newton was arrested for theft, another in a string of people who had stolen heaps of money from already-suffering museums, it looks like Mr. Newton wound up having either a very lousy holiday weekend or maybe was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief. Just before Christmas, Newton confessed to his crimes and plead guilty to having stolen around $620,000 from the museum, wiring himself check after check for more than three years, according to the NY Daily News.
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