Black Thief Gets 7 Years for Electrocuting White Concertmaster and Stealing His Violin

Fox 6 Now
November 11, 2014

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Frank Almond was hit with a taser and had his expensive Stradivarius violin stolen from him.

A Milwaukee County judge sentenced 42-year-old Salah Salahadyn on Monday, November 10th to seven years in prison and another five years of extended supervision. Salahadyn pleaded guilty in October to a robbery charge related to the case of the stolen Stradivarius violin. The valuable instrument was stolen from concertmaster Frank Almond following a concert in Wauwatosa this past January.

Salahadyn was accused of tasing Almond and then grabbing the valuable violin as Almond fell to the ground.

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Salah Salahadyn and Universal Allah were both involved in the robbery. This one is Saladin.

The other man charged in the case, Universal Allah, was sentenced in July to three-and-a-half years in prison and three-and-a-half years of extended supervision for his role in the theft. Allah pleaded guilty to a felony count of robbery as party to a crime. Prosecutors say Allah provided the stun gun used to attack Almond as he left the performance.

Police recovered the 300-year-old Stradivarius violin in good condition nine days after it was taken.