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  • Contentious W.Va. Jesus painting stolen

    08/18/2006 2:26:45 AM PDT · by Zeroisanumber · 27 replies · 642+ views
    AP via Yahoo ^ | August 17, 2006 | SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJER
    BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. - So much for "Thou shalt not steal." Just before 4 a.m. Thursday, an intruder snatched the contentious painting of Jesus Christ from the halls of Bridgeport High School. The theft came just two days after the Harrison County School Board voted to fight a legal challenge over the portrait. Schools Superintendent Carl Friebel said the bandit took the painting, but left behind the gilded frame and backing. "The picture was the only thing stolen, so the deliberate intent was to steal the picture and only the picture," Friebel said. Three security cameras caught images of the intruder,...