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Original Picasso sketch stolen from Newnan home

This sketch is an original drawn and signed by Pablo Picasso, according to the Newnan Police Department. (Credit: Newnan Police Department)

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This sketch is an original drawn and signed by Pablo Picasso, according to the Newnan Police Department. (Credit: Newnan Police Department)
By Rodney Thrash
Oct 27, 2015

An original Pablo Picasso sketch that was signed by the famed artist was stolen from a Newnan home.

And police there need your help in the case.

According to a post on the Newnan Police Department's Facebook page, the sketch was taken from a home sometime between late September and early October.

Anyone with any information about the sketch is asked to contact Sgt. Chad Wood at 770-254-2355, ext. 116 or 404-535-0489.

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Rodney Thrash is the morning breaking news coach for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He has been with the paper since November 2013.

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