LAWRENCE, Mass. --A group of men who made national headlines by claiming they found a buried treasure in a Methuen back yard were charged Friday with stealing the collection of old currency from a house where they were doing roofing work.
Barry Billcliff, 27, of Manchester, N.H., and Timothy Crebase, 22, of Methuen, Mass., were charged with receiving stolen property, conspiracy and accessory after the fact. At their arraignment Friday in Lawrence District Court Bail was set at $5,000 for Billcliff and $1,000 for Crebase.
Warrants also were issued Friday for Kevin Kozak, 27, of Methuen, and Matt Ingham, 23, of Newton, N.H. They were being sought on the same charges, but it was unclear whether the two were already in police custody.
Police said Crebase confessed to finding the money in the gutter of a barn they were hired to repair in Newbury. But lawyers for Billcliff and Crebase said the men were sticking to their story of finding the box under a tree in the back yard of a house Crebase rented from Kozak.
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