Man faces up to decade in prison in violin theft

MILWAUKEE - A Wisconsin man accused of masterminding the theft of a $5 million Stradivarius violin faces up to a decade in prison when he is sentenced Monday.

Forty-two-year-old Salah Salahadyn pleaded guilty to robbery in October, nearly eight months after the 300-year-old instrument was snatched from a musician who was attacked with a stun gun after a performance in Milwaukee.

Full story: WJFW

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