A Mt. Sinai doctor, Sean Morrison, has been charged with petit larceny after he allegedly destroyed his elderly’s neighbor’s Christopher Columbus statue, the New York Post reports. As John Cartafalsa, 91, walked into his New York City apartment building lobby in late June, after spending months hunkered down in Florida due to the pandemic, he happened to see the 15-inch statue at Morrison’s feet.

Cartafalsa said the statue was a gift from a Sicilian-born relative to honor his law school graduation in 1957, and that he had placed it in the lobby’s alcove 30 years ago. Morrison and Cartafalsa exchanged words, and the statue was returned to the alcove. However, two days later the statue was gone again and surveillance footage revealed it was Morrison who took it.