BREAKING NEWS:

A Newport Beach artist landed in Orange County today after being extradited from Dallas, Orange County Sheriff’s Department officials said.

Plain-clothes officers escorted Michael Schofield, 60, from the American Airlines flight down to an unmarked vehicle, which will take him to Orange County jail, authorities said. Schofield declined to comment.

Schofield was arrested in Dallas on Feb. 1 after eluding Newport Beach police since the middle of January, police said. Newport Beach police had issued a $50,000 warrant for him and an anonymous tip gave Dallas police the information they needed to arrest him.

Schofield is wanted for two felony counts of grand theft and one felony count of passing a check with insufficient funds and faces up to four years and four months in prison if convicted, District Attorney officials said.

Schofield allegedly used a Picasso sketch valued at $200,000 that did not belong to him as collateral for a $40,000 loan. He did not repay the loan and stole the sketch back, police said.