"Man charged in case of stolen Sox memorabilia" May 13, 2011|By Brian R. Ballou, Globe Staff
Weymouth resident Jamie Pritchard-Holland allegedly called a New York auction service last September and said he had a son dying of cancer and mounting medical bills. He needed money fast, he said, and was willing to auction off his vast collection of Boston Red Sox memorabilia given to him by none other than Theo Epstein, the team’s general manager.
But yesterday the tale was unraveled at a press conference in Long Island, N.Y.
“There was no sick child, there were no hospital bills, there were no doctors bills,’’ said Thomas Spota, district attorney for Suffolk County, N.Y. “There was nothing but pure greed on Holland’s part.’’
Pritchard-Holland, 32, was arrested in New York May 4 and charged with third-degree criminal possession of stolen property — a treasure trove of Red Sox items worth an estimated $25,000....
We have war profiteering and Wall Street looting to the tune of trillions and yet this makes page one.
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