Off-the-wall art thief guilty

8 February 2012, 12:15 am

A compulsive fine-art fan is going to prison for at least a year after getting caught lifting hundreds of thousands of dollars in paintings from the lobby walls of the Carlyle and Chambers hotels in Manhattan.Mark Lugo, 31, was a restaurant waiter with caviar tastes — as much as $700...... Read More »

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