A 37-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with the F. Scott Fitzgerald statue stolen from St. Paul earlier this month.

A 37-year-old man is charged with one count of felony receiving stolen property after an employee from Northern Metal Recycling reported him attempting to sell cut-up pieces of the statue.

St. Paul police are trying to find a statue of "Great Gatsby" author F. Scott Fitzgerald that was stolen from outside a school last week.

Sara Drew, director of conservation at Center Art Studio, details the restoration of a flaking 18th-century wood sculpture.

A St. Paul man was arrested Thursday after police say he was attempting to sell the stolen F. Scott Fitzgerald statue to a recycling center earlier this week.

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Statue of a young F. Scott Fitzgerald installed at the old site of St. Paul Academy Conley bought the building about 20 years ago. “It was trashed when I got it,” he said.

Authorities allege that 37-year-old Dustan Charles Schmitt of St. Paul attempted to sell the bronze statue — which had been cut up into pieces — at a metal recycling business.

Statue of F. Scott Fitzgerald stolen outside office building The famed writer of The Great Gatsby attended St. Paul Academy from 1908 to 1911.

St. Paul & The Broken Bones and The Wood Brothers have announced their co-headlining tour with shows in cities including Reno, Indianapolis, Cleveland, St. Louis, Kansas City and more.

The St. Paul Police Department is investigating the suspected theft of an F. Scott Fitzgerald statue that has stood outside the former St. Paul Academy for nearly 20 years.

Statue could be removed soon from shuttered Pilsen church A permit has been issued to remove a beloved statue from St. Adalbert Catholic Church. Preservationists and former parishioners fear the ...

A St. Paul man was charged Friday with felony theft in connection with the heist last week of a bronze statue of F. Scott Fitzgerald from outside the former school once attended by the famous writer.