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Stolen Picasso drawing recovered by San Francisco police
07.07.2011
02:46 pm
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The San Francisco Police Department announced today that the Picasso drawing that was stolen on Tuesday from the Weinstein Gallery on Geary St. had been recovered in Napa. The suspect was identified as Mark Lugo from Hoboken, NJ, who is now being held on counts of Grand Theft, possession of stolen property and narcotics charges. Lugo flew into the Bay area on Monday, stole the drawing on Tuesday and was caught on Wednesday.

A security camera at a bar down the street from the gallery named Lefty O’Doul’s caught him walking out of the Weinstein Gallery at the time of the theft with the $200,0000 Picasso, titled “Tete de Femme” and drawn in 1965, under his arm before jumping into a cab. Lugo’s bail has been set at $5 million.
 

 

Posted by Richard Metzger
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07.07.2011
02:46 pm
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