Police: Man Steals Art, Claims To Be Creator

POSTED: 12:56 pm EDT July 3, 2009

UPDATED: 1:19 pm EDT July 3, 2009

CLEVELAND -- A man who claimed to be an artist is in jail for stealing art.

Police arrested Richard Owens for stealing three pieces of art worth $12,000.

Police said Owens stole the art from a Woodmere Art Gallery and tried to sell the art to a Chicago dealer.

Owens even appeared on WEWS’s Kaleidoscope. The second airing featuring Owens has been canceled.

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