[MSN] A week after the painting of former Ithaca College president Ellis Phillips was stolen from Phillips Hall, the portrait has yet to be recovered.

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Search for stolen painting continues
By Tricia L. Nadolny News Editor | February 13th, 2008

Filed at 03:49 PM

Filed at 03:49 PM

A week after the painting of former Ithaca College president Ellis Phillips
was stolen from Phillips Hall, the portrait has yet to be recovered.

Investigator Tom Dunn said if the guilty students are identified, they could
be charged with grand larceny in the 3rd degree, a Class D Felony. The
portrait was purchased for $12,600 in 2000.

"I hope it turns up without damage," he said. "We're just hoping to get the
property returned. It's an expensive piece of artwork."

Dunn said the Office of Public Safety is continuing the investigation for
the portrait, which was stolen at approximately 5:30 p.m. last Thursday. A
witness saw a student waking toward the Lower Quads with the painting.

Dunn said Public Safety believes the student lives in the Lower Quads,
Garden Apartments or Emerson Hall. Public Safety is not allowed to search
the dorm rooms in these buildings because of privacy issues, he said.

Dunn said he is hoping the students who removed the painting will return it
to the college.

"We're hoping somebody's conscience will get to them," he said. ". Maybe
they're ignorant to the fact that it's valuable."