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Stolen Viola Recovered

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Jun 6, 2009 9:15PM

A rare viola that was stolen and held for ransom has been recovered. Henry Cuevas, 25, was arrested for snatching the $260,000 1877 Gand and Bernadel viola from its owner. According to Chicago Breaking News:

The woman and a companion went to meet up with two acquaintances of the companion, one of whom was Cuevas, on Tuesday, police said. They said the four were sitting in a vehicle and talking when the woman began to discuss her viola.

Cuevas then snatched the instrument, police said.

At some point after the incident the woman received at least one phone call about how she could get her instrument back if she gave the robber or robbers $50,000, police said. She set up a place and time to reacquire her instrument and passed that information on to police.

Cuevas was due to appear at a bond hearing this morning.