Man Fined for Stealing Malcolm X’s Date Book

NEW YORK —  A former court clerk was fined $5,000 Tuesday and ordered to perform 150 hours of community service for stealing the blood-stained, bullet-riddled date book Malcolm X had in his breast pocket when he was assassinated in 1965.

Douglas Henderson, 42, was also placed on probation for five years.

Henderson, who had worked as a court clerk for 15 years, pleaded guilty to grand larceny. He admitted taking the red leatherette date book from a courthouse evidence safe in 1991 and selling it six years later for $5,000.