Release posted on 01-10-25 at 5:21 PM

Detectives are asking the public to help identify a man seen on surveillance camera video taking an art piece valued at $21,000 from an art gallery on Emerson Avenue South in November. (surveillance camera video below)

At approximately 2:22 p.m., Nov. 11, 2024, two men walked into the Duncan McClellan Gallery at 2342 Emerson Ave. S.

While one man distracted the sales associate in conversation, the second man removed a cast glass sculpture titled "Torso XI" by glass sculptor Latchezar Boyadjiev from a display shelf and tucked it under his clothing.

The two men then left the gallery together. Gallery employees later discovered the glass sculpture was missing.

The search continues for the man who took the art piece. He was last seen wearing an oversized blue T-shirt, baggy blue jeans, a baseball cap, and sneakers and carrying a dark colored shoulder bag with a long strip around his neck.

The second man, Willie Wilson, (DOB 02/17/1979) (who was wearing a red hoodie), was arrested by SPPD detectives Jan. 7. He was charged as a principal to grand theft greater than $20,000 but less than $100,000.

Anyone with information about the man wearing the oversized T-shirt should contact the St. Petersburg Police Department at 727-893-7780 or text SPPD + your tip to TIP411.