A man who pleaded guilty to stealing roughly $250,000 in artwork from an Old Town Scottsdale gallery was sentenced to five years in prison.
Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell said 33-year-old Harpreet Singh was caught mid-heist while stealing art work from American Fine Art Gallery in January 2024.
An employee responding to a burglary alarm there called 911 after noticing items missing from the gallery walls and noise in an upstairs office. Prosecutors say police found Singh’s BMW parked beneath an emergency access ladder, and burglary tools and several art pieces abandoned on the gallery’s roof. Among the works stolen were three Picassos and two Warhols.
Singh was sentenced to fives years in prison with credit for time served, followed by three-and-a-half years of probation.
"Art heists may seem glamorous in the movies, but in Maricopa County, they end with a prison sentence instead of a dramatic getaway,” Mitchell said.
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