Man Stole Human Brains And Sold Them On eBay

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You can buy some weird things on eBay – Ronnie Pickering’s car, for example.

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Also, human brains, as was recently discovered when David Charles was arrested for stealing said brains from a former psychiatric hospital and selling them on the popular internet bidding site.

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The 23-year-old got into the Indiana Medical History Museum, which was previously the Central Indiana Hospital for the Insane, several times, The Guardian reported.

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He stole items including an electrocardiogram machine, scopes, a baby scale and human brain matter.

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Police busted Charles when a guy bought six jars of delicious brain material for £400 on eBay, then tracked the items to the museum with a bit of online research.

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Investigators then used a piece of paper they found at the museum with his bloody fingerprint on to identify him, finding 80 jars of human tissue when conducting a search.

Charles has pleaded guilty to the macabre crime, and was charged with six offences including receiving stolen property and burglary.

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He was sentenced to one year of home detention, two years of probation and was also ordered to stay away from the museum, obviously…