CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – New Hampshire authorities say a former state assistant attorney general who spent three years in prison for stealing valuable artwork has stopped paying restitution.

Jeffrey Lyons, spokesman for the Department of Corrections, says William McCallum still owes the state $1,290 and last made a $50 payment in September 2007. He said McCallum likely will be ordered to appear in court to explain why he has stopped making the payments.

McCallum, who now lives in Newton, Mass., was sentenced in 1998 to three to six years in prison for possessing rare books, paintings and computers stolen from libraries, colleges and museums around New England. At the time, McCallum claimed he had a compulsion to steal caused by kleptomania, bipolar disorder and depression.

Information from: New Hampshire Union Leader,
http://www.unionleader.com

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