** FILE ** Michael Schwartz, director of entertainment memorabilia for the auction house of Butterfield & Butterfield, is seen through a display case containing O.J. Simpson's 1968 Heisman Trophy at their gallery in this Feb. 10, 1999 file photo, in Los Angeles. The auction house conducted a court-ordered auction of Simpson items in 1999 to help pay off a $33.5-million award won by the Brown and Goldman families in a wrongful death lawsuit. Simpson's 1968 Heisman Trophy was sold for $255,500 to Tom Kriessman, a Philadelphia steel company owner who said he purchased it as an investment and to impress his girlfriend. (AP Photo/Rene Macura, File)RENE MACURA/Associated Press

Man Charged in 1994 Theft of O.J. Simpson's Heisman Trophy

Joseph ZuckerSep 2, 2015

Prosecutors from the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office charged Lewis Eugene Starks Jr. with receiving stolen property after he allegedly attempted to sell a replica of O.J. Simpson's Heisman Trophy, per the Associated Press (via ESPN.com).

If found guilty of the charge, Starks could face six years in prison.

The replica copy of the Heisman was given to the University of Southern California in 1968 as is the custom with every award winner. That trophy, along with additional memorabilia of Simpson's, was stolen from the athletic department lobby in 1994 while Simpson was on trial for the murders of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson.

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On Dec. 16, 2014, detectives from the art-theft detail of the Los Angeles Police Department recovered the Heisman Trophy.

In October 2008, Simpson was found guilty of charges including armed robbery and kidnapping in Las Vegas. A judge subsequently sentenced him to a minimum of nine years in prison.