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When slain Army Specialist Joseph Collette is remembered at a procession in Ohio, he’ll be honored with the streets of his hometown lined with brand new American flags thanks to generous donors.
Collette, 29, of Lancaster, Ohio, was assigned to the 242nd Ordnance Battalion, 71st Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group, before he was killed in an attack in Afghanistan last Friday, according to the Pentagon.
Officials in his hometown were planning for a procession to honor the fallen soldier when some local residents raised concerns over tattered American flags.
Vicki Vaughn, a veteran from Lancaster, emailed WSYX/WTTE concerned with the condition of the flags, saying they were "a disgrace to the fallen soldier."
The mayor of Lancaster, David Scheffler, took to Facebook saying the city maintains 3 sets of flag poles, plus various other ones on its buildings around the downtown area.
"The flags are replaced every six months, right before Memorial Day (May) and right before Veterans Day (November)," he wrote. "Some seasons, dependent upon the frequency of high winds and other weather events, the flags can get rather worn as their retirement approaches."
He acknowledged to WSYX/WTTE that the flags were in rough shape after a very stormy March.
"We’ve had two periods just recently of very heavy winds, up to 50 mph," he told the television station.
The mayor added that the city’s budget is tight and that officials are facing a deficit with reduced fire and police personnel. So he took to Facebook, calling for anyone who could offer up to $1,200 for a new set of flags.
"It didn’t take long for the downtown rotary club, the Sherman Rotary Club, to step up and offer $1,200," he told the televisions station.
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The mayor is now looking to use the money for the flag fund to refresh the American symbol quarterly instead of twice a year. He added that while he can’t pay attention to every social media controversy because he could "soon have an ulcer," the campaign for new flags on his post proved to be a success.
“Facebook is a good way to get someone’s attention and it got our attention," he said.
Fox News’ Elizabeth Zwirz contributed to this report.
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A police officer and truck driver in Texas are being hailed as heroes after helping to save a boy who was threatening to jump from a bridge during the morning rush hour on Wednesday.
The Arlington Police Department said in a Facebook post the incident happening at the Kelly Elliott Road bridge over Interstate 20 after authorities were alerted about a teenager who was contemplating jumping.
"We wanted to highlight a call where Motor Officer Deric Sheriff came up with an ingenious plan to assist during a crisis intervention this morning," the department said.
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Sheriff, a 17-year veteran of the department, was working a traffic stop nearby when he heard the call and rushed to help. As Sheriff and another officer tried to stop traffic on the busy highway, he directed a big rig to stage under the overpass.
“I was trying to find a tall enough semi-trailer that would work because there were a couple of flatbeds that would not have been of any use,” Sherriff told FOX4.
The officer was looking to reduce the likelihood that the teen would be seriously injured if he jumped by positioning several trucks with trailers under the bridge.
A police officer in Texas directed a semi-truck to under an overpass on Interstate 20 where a teenager was threatening to jump. (Arlington Police Department)
Body camera footage released by the department showed Sheriff’s exchange with Dwayne Crawford, the driver of an 18 wheeler.
“As soon as I went under and started under the bridge, I looked up. The young man looks down at me, and I thought, ‘Oh, man. He’s serious,’” Crawford told FOX4. “As soon as I got under the bridge with my tractor and got the trailer under it, I felt a thump.”
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As the first big rig was getting into position, the teen jumped and landed on top of the trailer.
“I feel good about it,” Crawford said. “The young man’s going to get help. The bottom line: he needed help.”
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Arlington Police Chief Will Johnson praised Sheriff’s actions on Twitter.
"APD Motor Officer Deric Sheriff was instrumental in directing the truck driver before the teen jumped & later landed on the trailer," he wrote. "Excellent crisis intervention to help this teen."
Sheriff, who has six children, told FOX4 his idea to save the teenager came from his previous job as a truck driver. He also said he’ll never forget saving the boy.
“That’s the whole reason 99.9 percent of us got in this job is to make a difference and to help,” he told FOX4.
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The decision by Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s office to drop charges that “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett staged a racist, anti-gay attack has drawn scorn from not only the mayor of Chicago and members of law enforcement, but a national group that claims to represent thousands of prosecutor offices.
The National District Attorneys Association chided the prosecutor’s handling of the case, including Foxx’s decision to recuse herself before Smollett was charged last month because she had discussed the case with a Smollett family member. The case was then handed to First Assistant State’s Attorney Joseph Magats.
"First, when a chief prosecutor recuses him or herself, the recusal must apply to the entire office, not just the elected or appointed prosecutor," the group said in a news release. "This is consistent with best practices for prosecutors’ offices around the country."
The group, which claims to represent roughly 2,700 prosecutors’ offices around the country, also said that prosecutors "should not take advice from politically connected friends of the accused."
"Each case should be approached with the goal of justice for victims while protecting the rights of the defendant," the group said.
Email and text messages provided to the Chicago Sun-Times by Foxx’s office show former first lady Michelle Obama’s chief of staff Tina Tchen contacted Foxx a few days after the report of the attack to set up a telephone conversation with a Smollett relative.
Foxx told the Sun-Times the relative expressed concerns over leaked information that media outlets attributed to “police sources.” Foxx then called Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson to ask him to let the FBI investigate the alleged attack. The contacts were cited by Foxx in recusing herself from the case on Feb. 13, well before Smollett was charged.
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In an interview with WBBM-TV on Wednesday, Foxx said no one tried to intervene on Smollett’s behalf, despite emails showing that she was contacted by people linked to Smollett about the case.
"There was no attempt, whatsoever, to influence the outcome of this case," she told the television station. "None whatsoever."
Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx told FOX32 5,700 people have participated in "alternative prosecution cases" such as Jussie Smollett. (FOX32)
Smollett forfeiting his $10,000 bond and doing community service in return for dropping the charges was also a point of criticism by the district attorney’s group.
"Third, when a prosecutor seeks to resolve a case through diversion or some other alternative to prosecution, it should be done so with an acknowledgment of culpability on the part of the defendant," the group said. "A case with the consequential effects of Mr. Smollett’s should not be resolved without a finding of guilt or innocence."
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Foxx defended her office’s actions in a separate interview with FOX32 on Wednesday, saying that the dropping of charges "in no way exonerates" Smollett.
"He was charged with a Class 4 felony. I mean he doesn’t have a background. When I look at similarly situated people who are charged with the same level of felony without a background I believe in this case, justice was appropriate," she said. "Again I didn’t make that decision, he was availed to alternative prosecution model that anybody else without his riches, without his fame were also availed to."
She also said that 5,700 people have participated in "alternative prosecution cases" with similar outcomes.
"So while it’s frustrating, the nature of his offense, we treated Mr. Smollett in the same way we would treat similarly situated folks," Foxx told FOX32.
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An internal email from the Foxx’s office obtained by Fox News on Wednesday asked assistant state’s attorneys to dig for any examples to bolster her claim that the dropped charges in the Smollett case weren’t as uncommon or shocking as they seemed.
The email read in part: “We are looking for examples of cases, felony preferable, where we, in (exercising) our discretion, have entered into verbal agreements with defense attorneys to dismiss charges against an offender if certain conditions were met…”
An internal email from Kim Foxx’s office obtained by Fox News asked workers to dig for examples bolstering Foxx’s claim that the dropped charges in the Jussie Smollett case weren’t as uncommon or shocking as they seemed. (Getty/File)
The email added, “Nobody is in trouble, we are just looking for further examples of how we, as prosecutors, use our discretion in a way that restores the victim…”
It was not clear who sent it, and exactly when it was sent. But the email was obtained as Foxx was participating in a series of interviews defending her office’s decision. The statement from the group came before President Trump announced Thursday that the FBI and Justice Department will review the “outrageous” decision to drop charges in the Smollett case.
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An attorney for Smollett late Wednesday blasted Chicago officials, saying they have “continued their campaign against Jussie Smollett after the charges against him have been dropped.”
Actor Jussie Smollett talks to the media before leaving Cook County Court after his charges were dropped, Tuesday, March 26, 2019, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
Patricia Brown Holmes said the case is closed.
“We should all allow Mr. Smollett to move on with his life as a free citizen,” she said in a statement.
Fox News’ Matt Finn in Chicago and Frank Miles and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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A woman who led cops in Ohio on a high-speed chase during rush hour last week that was captured on dashcam video and left 3 cruisers damaged claimed she kept going because she was late for work, according to police.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol said the incident began on Interstate 77 in Cuyahoga County around 6 p.m. after the woman drove off during an attempted traffic stop.
After authorities tried to box her in, the woman could be seen nearly striking an officer before crashing into two police cruisers and a highway patrol SUV before speeding away.
Video obtained by FOX8 shows the moment the chase later came to an end on the east side of Cleveland when a trooper used his vehicle to force the woman’s car off the road, where it crashed into a utility pole.
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After the woman was pulled from the vehicle, officers asked her why she made a run for it. She could then be heard telling officers she was "oh my way to work."
"She’s late for work; well, she’s really late now, you know, and it didn’t have to be that way," Newburgh Heights Police Chief John Majoy told FOX8.
Despite 3 police cruisers getting hit during the chase, officials told FOX8 that no officers were injured.
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The woman, who had not yet been identified, is expected to face several charges including felonious assault on a police officer for ramming into their police cruisers.
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The remains of Jacsun Manson have yet to be uncovered from a landfill, according to authorities. (Culver City Police Department)
Authorities resumed the search Tuesday for the remains of a 5-month-old boy suspected to be in a Southern California landfill, as the child’s parents remain in custody awaiting a hearing.
The Culver City Police Department said in news release that detectives resumed a search of the El Sobrante Landfill in Corona for the remains of Jacsun Manson, who was reported missing to police on Jan. 25.
Last month, authorities announced that Adam Manson, 34, and Kiana Williams, 32, were both charged with child abuse resulting in the death of the child. Both are still being held without bail and a preliminary hearing date has not yet been set.
CALIFORNIA PARENTS PUT BABY’S BODY IN SUITCASE, THREW IT IN DUMPSTER: AUTHORITIES
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said the incident happened on New Year’s Eve when the couple was with their son at a motel room in South Los Angeles.
California authorities announced last month charges against Adam Manson and Kiana Williams nearly two months after they allegedly put their son in a suitcase after his death and then threw the luggage away. (Culver City Police Department)
"They were allegedly doing drugs and later found their child was dead," officials stated.
After the child died, the couple allegedly put the boy’s body in a suitcase and discarded it in a trash dumpster, according to prosecutors.
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Culver City Police Department personnel and several volunteers first began searching at the landfill last month but did not find remains of the child.
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Anyone who may have information on the case is asked to contact the Culver City Police Department. During business hours, officials say to contact Detective Raya at 310-253-6318. Those who call after business hours are asked to contact the watch commander at 310-253-26202.
Fox News’ Elizabeth Zwirz contributed to this report.
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A man on vacation with his family in Northern California was killed on his birthday after he was swept into the sea by a "sneaker wave" at Luffenholtz Beach near Trinidad, California on Friday (iStock)
A man on vacation with his family in Northern California was killed on his 39th birthday after he was swept into the sea by a "sneaker wave" on Friday, officials said.
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office told KRCR-TV the incident happened just before noon at Luffenholtz Beach, located south of the town of Trinidad.
The man, identified as Andrew Machi, was fishing when he was swept off the rocks by the wave.
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According to a GoFundMe page set up my family members, Machi’s wife made an attempt to rescue him from the waters.
"Brandie jumped in and tried to save him but he was about 15 feet out and the water was throwing her back into the rocks," Brandie Machi’s sister, Jamie Tracey, wrote. "She ran for help but he died."
Tracey said that a coroner believes Machi hit his head on the rocks and was "knocked out."
Cmdr. Brendan Hilleary, response chief at Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay, told the North Coast Journal that officials immediately launched a MH-65 Dolphin helicopter and 47-foot Motor Lifeboat after they were notified of the incident.
"The helicopter arrived at the incident within six minutes of takeoff, located the missing man in the water, hoisted and flew him directly to emergency medical care at Mad River hospital," Hilleary said.
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The incident in California came a day before a similar event about 400 miles up the coast in Oregon, when a woman was seriously injured after the large log she was sitting on was also struck by a devastating "sneaker wave."
Nehalem Bay Fire & Rescue wrote in a Facebook post that the woman was "crushed" after the large driftwood log was struck by the sudden wave on Manzanita Beach.
"NEVER turn your back on the ocean!" the rescue agency said.
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Sneaker waves — large waves that strike without warning — sometimes claim lives of the unwary along the coast of the Pacific Northwest due to their unpredictability.
"For much of the West Coast, sneaker waves kill more people than all other weather hazards combined," according to the National Weather Service. "Sneaker waves are deadly, larger-than-average swells that can suddenly and without warning surge dozens of feet higher up the beach than expected, overtaking the unwary."
The agency says they are called "sneaker waves" because they often appear with no warning after long periods of quiet surf and much smaller waves that can last for up to 20 minutes.
"Based on what they see, they get too close to the water and stop paying attention," the NWS says. "It is this calm that lulls people into a sense of security. Survivors all say the same thing: They thought they were far enough from the surf to be safe. They never saw the wave coming."
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Eight universities ensnared in the nationwide college admissions scheme in which 50 people were criminally charged are now being investigated by the U.S Education Department, according to an official with knowledge of the investigation.
The "preliminary investigation" by the department is focused on whether there were any violations regarding federal student financial aid programs administered by the department under Title IV of the High Education Act, the official told Fox News.
Letters from the department went out to college presidents on Monday of 8 schools including: Yale, Wake Forest, Stanford, and Georgetown universities, in addition to the University of San Diego; the University of Texas at Austin; the University of California, Los Angeles; and the University of Southern California.
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The probe stems from the sweeping bribery scheme uncovered earlier this month from the Justice Department where wealthy parents, including celebrities Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman, allegedly paid to get their children admitted into elite colleges. Among the 50 people charged were parents, college sports coaches and athletics officials, but the schools themselves have not been targeted.
The University of Southern California university says a review of students possibly connected to a college admissions bribery scandal could lead to expulsions. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
Federal education officials are now asking universities for documents relating to admissions and ranking as part of its investigation, including documents produced by a subpoena to other agencies, according to an official.
The department is also looking for a list of employees and students mentioned in the criminal investigation, in addition to any disciplinary action the universities have taken regarding employees, the official added.
Officials are asking universities for data going back 10 years, with college presidents given 30 days to comply.
A department spokeswoman told the Associated Press the department does not confirm or comment on ongoing investigations. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos previously called the bribery scheme "disgraceful," and told Fox News that students need to be considered by colleges and universities on their merit.
“This is a matter that all Americans want things to be fair and they’re clearly not,” DeVos said on “The Daily Briefing with Dana Perino.”
DeVos also said at the time that the department was "researching and looking into" how the department might interface with the criminal investigation.
"Obviously this is a Department of Justice operation but we are looking very closely at it and we’ll see if any of the regulations we’re responsible for have been broken,” DeVos told Perino at the time when asked if there was anything her department could do to assure the system wasn’t rigged in favor of the wealthy.
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Department officials reminded the eight schools that in order to receive federal student aid, they’re required to establish procedures to manage it properly, according to one of the letters obtained by the AP. They’re also required to report any "credible" evidence of fraud, misrepresentation or other illegal conduct.
Yale University said it rescinded an admission of a student linked to the college admissions scandal. (iStock)
Schools found to have committed "substantial misrepresentation" can have their access to federal student aid limited or revoked entirely. The letter warns schools those penalties apply to statements "made directly or indirectly to prospective students."
The University of California, Berkeley, which is also ensnared in the scandal, did not receive a letter from the department at this time, an official told Fox News. Federal officials are also looking into possible federal student loan violations related to the scandal.
Several schools confirmed that they received the letter, saying they will work to provide records and information requested by the department.
The University of Southern California issued a statement saying it will "fully cooperate" and will "continue to comply with all laws and regulations."
Yale President Peter Salovey said he received the request "and will respond appropriately."
The University of Texas at Austin said it is working with the department while it also conducts its own internal review.
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In total, 33 parents have been charged in the scheme in which prosecutors said college admissions consultant William "Rick" Singer took roughly $25 million in bribes from dozens of individuals to assure their children’s entry into top colleges by getting them recruited for sports they didn’t play and by arranging for standardized tests to be rigged.
Fox News’ Victor Garcia and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Workers are seen in February at a soil storage facility for decontamination work, near Tokyo Electric Power Co’s tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, in Okuma Town, Fukushima prefecture. (REUTERS/Issei Kato)
Just over eight years since the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan was crippled by a devastating earthquake and tsunami, officials revealed Tuesday they plan to partially lift an evacuation order for one of the two towns were the facility is located.
Part of the Okuma will reopen on April 10, according to Cabinet Office official Yohei Ogino.
It will mark the first time the evacuation order has been lifted in the town since the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami killed more than 18,000 people
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The Fukushima Dai-ichi, or No. 1, plant was heavily damaged in the disaster with three reactors having meltdowns, while a fourth had structural damage. Radiation spewed into the air, and highly contaminated water ran into the Pacific.
Okuma Mayor Toshitsuna Watanabe described the decision as a “very welcome move,” a town official told Agence France-Presse
“We will be able to take the first step forward (toward reconstruction) eight years later,” the official quoted Watanabe as saying.
In September, government officials acknowledged that a former worker of the Fukushima nuclear plant has died as a result of radiation exposure. It’s not clear when the man died, however, the country’s health and labor ministry said at the time the man died of cancer triggered by exposure to radiation and that his family should receive workers’ compensation.
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The government has lifted evacuation orders across to other towns across the region affected by the meltdown, allowing residents to return as attempts have been made to decontaminate topsoil and clean other affected areas.
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The evacuation order, however, will remain in place for difficult-to-return zones that still registering high radiation levels. As of the end of February, only 374 people were registered as residents of the affected areas, according to the Japan Times.
Fox News’ Lucia Suarez and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Linda and Clifford Bernhardt were found dead in their Billings-area home on November 7, 1973. (Yellowstone County Sheriff’s Office)
Over four decades after a young couple was discovered dead in their Montana home, authorities revealed Monday they finally tracked down their killer with the help of a genealogy database.
The Yellowstone County Sheriff’s Office announced that Linda and Clifford Bernhardt, both 24, were killed at their Billings-area home in 1973 by a former co-worker of Linda’s.
"Today we can tell you that based on the evidence collected on the scene, which includes biological evidence and all the reasonable inferences taken from this evidence, we have determined that Cecil Stan Caldwell, a former coworker of Linda Bernhardt at Ryan’s Inc. is the person responsible for the deaths of Linda and Clifford Bernhardt," Yellowstone County Sheriff Mike Linder told reporters. Caldwell died in 2003.
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Clifford Bernhardt was a concrete worker and Vietnam veteran and his wife worked at a grocery distribution warehouse. They had been married several years and moved into a new house just weeks before they were killed.
Photos of Linda and Clifford Bernhardt, who were killed in 1973, are displayed at a press conference at the Yellowstone County administrative offices in Billings, Montana on Monday, March 25, 2019. Yellowstone County Sheriff Mike Linder, pictured at right, says authorities have identified the couple’s now-deceased killer. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)
Linda Bernhardt had been bound and sexually assaulted before her death, and authorities used psychologists to try to build a profile of the suspect, according to the Billings Gazette.
Linder said that evidence collected at the scene of the home, including biological evidence, tied Caldwell to the killings, although he did not identify a motive. The sheriff, however, believed that Linda was targeted by Caldwell.
Caldwell had no criminal record and died in 2003 at the age of 59, according to his obituary in the Billings Gazette.
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Authorities had conducted hundreds of interviews over the years, even bringing in a psychic at one point as part of their search for clues.
Investigators remained stymied until 2004, when DNA was discovered on evidence gathered at the crime scene, according to the sheriff. But comparing that DNA against an FBI database of known criminals yielded no results, leaving authorities frustrated yet again.
In 2012, the county formed a cold case unit, which made the murders a priority. Three years later, the unit enlisted a Reston, Virginia technology company, Parabon NanoLabs, to analyze the DNA by comparing it to genetic samples available through a public genealogy database.
Scott Goodwin, a volunteer with the cold case unit who helped with the investigation, told the Associated Press that he and others involved were unwilling to let it go.
"We were obsessed with it," Goodwin said. "These are two young people who didn’t deserve what happened to them. They didn’t do anything. They came home on a Tuesday night and they were murdered."
After running it through a public genealogy database, officials ultimately narrowed the list of suspects to Caldwell and his brother, who is still alive and living outside the area, according to Vince Wallis, a former detective captain with the sheriff’s office who now works for the Billings Police Department.
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Wallis said that after DNA was obtained voluntarily from the brother, it was analyzed by the Montana State Crime Lab to eliminate him as a suspect. That left only Caldwell, Wallis said.
"It’s the kind of police work that we are blessed to have in Montana every day," Montana Attorney General Tim Fox told reporters.
The families of the victims issued a statement at the news conference thanking the sheriff’s office for its work, but made no further comment and asked for privacy.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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This image released on Tuesday March 26, 2019 by Arthur Brand, shows Dutch art detective Arthur Brand with "Buste de Femme", a recovered Picasso painting. (Arthur Brand via AP)
A painting by Pablo Picasso worth millions that was stolen from a yacht in France 20 years ago has been tracked down thanks to a renowned Dutch art detective.
Arthur Brand said Tuesday he recovered the 1938 painting "Buste de Femme" 2 weeks ago after trailing it for years in Amsterdam. The artwork had been stolen from a wealthy Saudi sheikh’s yacht in 1999.
Brand estimates the portrait to be worth $28 million and said he knew it was the real deal as soon as he saw it, according to Sky News.
"You know it’s a Picasso because there is some magic coming off it," he said Tuesday.
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Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant reported the painting was confirmed by a former art investigator from Scotland Yard, who is now acting on behalf of the insurance company, and an expert from the US who flew over to the Netherlands to verify the portrait’s authenticity.
This image released on Tuesday March 26, 2019 by Arthur Brand, shows Dutch art detective Arthur Brand with "Buste de Femme", a recovered Picasso painting. (Arthur Brand via AP)
"This is the stolen Picasso," Dick Ellis told the news outlet. "It is still in good condition, with slight damage."
Brand, a renowned sleuth whose previous finds include a pair of bronze horses sculpted for Adolf Hitler, had teased the find last week on Twitter, saying he was working on "one of the biggest cases of my career."
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He made headlines last year after tracking down a Byzantine mosaic of Saint Mark that was stolen from Cyprus, the BBC previously reported.
Tracking down stolen artwork has earned him the moniker "the Indiana Jones of the art world." Brand has previously told the AFP News agency that recovering the mosaic was "one of the greatest moments of my life."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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