[Chat] Mel's antiques

[Mariann Millard]

Thanks for the heads-up, Christine!
Mariann

> I am sending the news article., below, to alert people
> to/about Mel's Antiques, which is in Fell's Point at 1634
> E Lombard St.
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> This business is notorious for receiving stolen goods to
> sell-cast iron urns, stained glass windows, mantelpieces,
> metal grates-old items that come from CV-type houses
> throughout the city.
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> If you have something stolen, check out this store, for
> your item might be there-just as IND's iron gates were.
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> Christine Gray 
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> Cast-iron grates stolen from school recovered
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> August 30, 2006
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> Two large cast-iron grates that were stolen a week ago
> from the front doors of the Institute of Notre Dame in
> East Baltimore have been recovered from an antique shop
> after a former student spotted them being wheeled in a
> grocery cart by two men on East Monument Street. 
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> The principal notified police after Friday's sighting of
> the grates, which bear the IND initials, said Sister Hilda
> Marie Southerland, a teacher and caretaker at the
> 158-year-old school in the 900 block of Aisquith St. who
> reported them missing Aug. 22. 
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> Police said a check of area pawn and antique shops led to
> the recovery of the grates at Mel's Antiques in the 1600
> block of E. Lombard St. It was not known how much the shop
> paid for them, police said, adding that an arrest warrant
> was expected to be issued for a suspect in the theft. The
> owner of Mel's could not be reached for comment yesterday
> evening. 
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