LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles man was charged today in the theft of a bronze Oscar statuette, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced.
Terry Bryant is charged with one felony count of grand theft of property exceeding $950 in value.
Bryant is scheduled to be arraigned at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Prosecutors said Bryant was seen taking Frances McDormand’s award statuette on Sunday from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Governors Ball. He was detained near an exit.
Video uploaded to Facebook page of man suspected of stealing Frances McDormand’s Oscar appears to show him holding the statue at the Governor’s Ball – ABC News pic.twitter.com/NqM1EPzTvA
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Bryant faces a maximum sentence of three years in county jail if convicted as charged. Prosecutors are requesting bail be set at $20,000.