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Associated Press - July 9, 2009 1:35 PM ET
NEWPORT CITY, Vt. (AP) - A judge has ordered four people involved in the theft of 23 large metal sculptures from a Vermont studio two years ago to pay the artist $100,000.
Two of the four, Roger Chaffee, 33, and Anni Wells, 27, are in prison. Bradford Earnest, 31, got out of prison last week. The fourth, Joshua Staples, 20, is working. They all were from the North Troy area.
Earnest shook sculptor Joel Fisher's hand and apologized as he was leaving the courtroom Wednesday, The Caledonian-Record reported.
Fisher will receive $10,000 from the state restitution unit. The rest will be paid in small increments by the group, who were convicted of charges ranging from possession of stolen property to grand larceny and burglary.
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