Frazetta Jr. steals dad’s paintings with backhoe
Frank Frazetta Jr,. son of the famed fantasy artist, was arrested last night and accused of stealing over $20 million in paintings from the family museum that housed them.
Alfonso Frank Frazetta, 52, of Marshalls Creek was arrested by state police at Swiftwater and charged with burglary, theft by unlawful taking and criminal trespass.
According to the police report, Frazetta, with the help of an accomplice on a backhoe, broke through the museum door and took about 90 paintings on Wednesday afternoon.
Frazetta Jr. and his accomplice were loading the paintings into a truck when they were apprehended. The younger Frazetta is being held on $500,000 bail while charges are pending on the still unnamed accomplice.
While we are not privy to the family dynamics that created this sad episode, Ellie Frazetta, who managed the museum and most Frazetta Sr. business, passed away in the summer. It isn’t hard to draw a line between that event and evident sprawling family turmoil.
2 Responses to “Frazetta Jr. steals dad’s paintings with backhoe”
Lord Shaper
Holy CRAP!! I’d seen many tweets about this but I had no idea the son was 52!
Frank Frazetta had a son who is 52 YEARS OLD?!?!?!?!?!
I know I didn’t think it either!
See what happens when I don’t have the internet for nearly a week now!