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Authorities ask for help identifying suspects in stolen painting case
The stolen painting is titled "Escondido" and is worth about $10,000.
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Authorities seek the public's assistance to identify suspects spotted on surveillance cameras taking a painting from an art gallery at 6th Street and Pacific Avenue.
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Authorities seek the public's assistance to identify suspects spotted on surveillance cameras taking a painting from an art gallery at 6th Street and Pacific Avenue.
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Authorities seek the public's assistance to identify suspects spotted on surveillance cameras taking a painting from an art gallery at 6th Street and Pacific Avenue.
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A painting worth approximately $10,000 was stolen from an art gallery in Los Angeles, and authorities are asking for the public's help in identifying five suspects who were caught on camera.
The suspects include four men and one woman, white or Hispanic, between ages 18 and 24, according to a statement from the Los Angeles Police Department.
The thieves entered the gallery at 6th Street and Pacific Avenue after it opened, took the painting from the wall and fled down the 7th Street alley, police said.
Two of the male suspects held skateboards, the woman was wearing a pink shirt and a man with sunglasses was carrying the painting.
Authorities seek the public's assistance to identify suspects spotted on surveillance cameras taking a painting from an art gallery at 6th Street and Pacific Avenue.
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A reward is being offered for the 2004 painting, titled "Escondido."
Contact LAPD's art theft department at (213) 486-6940 with any information, or you can leave an anonymous tip by calling the Crime Stoppers line at (800) 222-8477.
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