Detectives recover stolen bronze eagle sculpture

Detectives from the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office have recovered a sculpture of a bronze bald eagle that was stolen from the Ghiglieri Gallery in Sisters last July.

Detectives arrested Jeffrey Holland, 46, of Sisters, in connection with the theft. Holland was the former manager of Storage Station of Sisters on N. Larch Street in the Sisters Industrial Park. According to the owners, he had been terminated from that position several weeks previously for reasons unrelated to the alleged crime.

According to sheriff's office reports, deputies received word that the sculpture, valued at $70,000, was located in a storage unit rented by Holland.

Detectives obtained a search warrant for the unit and served it on Wednesday, October 13. They reportedly found the sculpture inside the unit.

The sculpture stands 37 inches tall and weighs about 200 pounds. It was stolen on Tuesday evening, July 13, from outside the gallery on Hood Avenue, where it had been secured with a chain.

Holland was arrested and lodged at Deschutes County Jail on charges of aggravated theft, two counts of first degree theft, criminal conspiracy and theft by receiving.