Man Sentenced To Prison For Trying To Sell Stolen Gold

MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — A Florida man was sentenced to three years in prison for trying to sell a gold bar that had been stolen in a $4.8 million North Carolina truck heist.

In July, Miguel Bover pleaded guilty to an attempted extortion charge after his cellphone was used to make threats when the sale fell through.

Bover was not involved in the March robbery of 275 pounds of gold bars from a truck along Interstate 95 in North Carolina. Court papers say he agreed to help unidentified individuals sell at least one bar and sought help from a pawn shop owner.

The FBI was alerted when the pawn shop owner brought the bar to a Miami-area metals refinery.

The truck theft remains unsolved.

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