Tuesday, June 13, 2000
A pig in the pokey? Well, protective custody
'Missing' art was removed by police
By Mara H. Gottfried
The Cincinnati Enquirer
"Orange Barrow - the Road Hog" was taken to the Cincinnati police property room after a citizen reported that bolts had ben removed from the base.
(Jeff Swinger photo)
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It was the case of the missing pig that wasn't.
ArtWorks, producer of the Big Pig Gig, received word Monday morning that “Orange Barrow — the Road Hog” had been stolen from its perch on the north side of Sach's on Fifth Street.
Little did artist Lynn Judd know her pig had been in protective custody all along — in the Cincinnati Police Division property room.
Police picked up the orange piggie Sunday after 4 p.m., when a citizen called to tell police that iron bolts had been removed from the base.
“It looked like someone was in the process of stealing it,” said Lt. Paul Broxterman. “So we took it in for safekeeping.”
Almost 24 hours later, Ms. Judd, of Loveland, and ArtWorks officers had not heard Monday afternoon that the pig had not been pinched.
“I'm thrilled that it wasn't really taken,” Ms. Judd said.
Was she upset about the notification delay?
“No, it was probably just a miscommunication,” she said.
Another pig, “To-pig-ary,” truly was pilfered and was found Saturday on the side of a road in Delhi Township.
Tamara Harkavy, executive director of ArtWorks, said the group is working on precautions to safeguard about 70 pigs in downtown Cincinnati, Covington and Newport.
“A stolen pig has no value to a thief,” she said. “It can't be sold, and where can they display it — in their basement or in their garage?”
Cincinnati's Big Pig Gig, which celebrates the city's Porkopolis heritage, was inspired by Chicago's Cows on Parade, which featured 260 decorated fiberglass cows in 1999. There were three cow thefts in Chicago and two were recovered.
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