Stolen Remington Engagement Ring Regained

Nothern New York Police have recovered a stolen engagement ring given by artist Frederic Remington to his fiancée more than a century ago.

Police in Ogdensburg detained 24-year-old Blake R. Peabody on a grand larceny charge Monday, a week after the ring was found missing from the city’s Frederic Remington Art Museum. Peabody had been a part-time worker at the museum.

Police say Peabody has planned to sell the single-carat 19th-century ring, which was recovered from his home.

Peabody pleaded not guilty in city court.

Remington was a painter, illustrator and sculptor known for his images of the American West. The artist was born in nearby Canton, N.Y., and died in 1909.