In which year were more than 50 Oscar statuettes stolen as they were being transported from Chicago.?

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Answer 1

1998.
Oscar Theft Reopens
TUESDAY JULY 14, 1998 12:00 AM EDT
By Stephen M. Silverman

That strange Oscar theft story just keeps getting, well, more strange. John Willie Harris, 54, the brother of Willie Fulgear, 61 (the man who was rewarded for finding 52 of the 55 missing Oscars), has now been charged with receiving stolen property and being an accessory after the fact to grand theft in connection with the case. Fulgear received a reward of $50,000 and tickets to last March's Oscar ceremony after he stumbled upon the statuettes in a trash bin.
* March 2000
Like a good Hollywood movie, the storyline in the caper of the men accused of stealing 55 Oscar statuettes and the junk salvager who saved these golden idols took some unexpected twists Tuesday.
One count of grand theft was filed against Roadway Express trucker Lawrence Edward LeDent, but prosecutors declined to charge loading dock worker Anthony Keith Hart, citing insufficient evidence.