By Rita Farlow, Times Staff Writer
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
NORTH REDINGTON BEACH — Pinellas County sheriff's deputies have released surveillance video of a man stealing artwork off the wall of the Wine Cellar Restaurant last month in hopes that the public can help identify him.
Deputies are also looking for a woman they suspect was involved in the theft.
According to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, the restaurant's security cameras captured images of the man and woman stealing two paintings about 6 p.m. on Dec. 27.
The paintings — a 5-by-7 inch work titled Summer Breeze and a 16-by-20 inch piece titled Let's Party IRB Wedding House — were hanging for sale in the lobby of the restaurant at 17307 Gulf Blvd.
Video shows the man taking the larger painting off the wall, then putting it on the floor near the entrance as customers come into the ...