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Man Accused of Stealing Old X-Rays
URBANA, Ill. (AP) -- Police in Urbana say a thief who made off with hundreds of old X-rays from Carle Clinic probably wanted them for the value of their silver content.

Urbana Police Sgt. Dan Morgan says that on Jan. 13, a man who is believed to have done the same thing at other hospitals in Illinois showed up at the clinic's storage facility and picked up 1,300 packets of X-rays intended for recycling.

Carle Clinic spokeswoman Jennifer Hendricks says X-rays were from 2005 and earlier, and she does not believe the information included with them would be sufficient for identity theft.

Morgan says that if the thief is successful at recycling the X-rays for their silver content, he'd probably get a few hundred dollars -- enough to make the crime a felony.

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