BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: For a short time anyway, a 61-year-old man in Southern California was the envy of Hollywood. He had more Oscars than most stars ever dream of. This after finding scores of the statuettes in a garbage can. Juan Fernandez of our affiliate KCBS with more now.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Want to hold on it?</s>JUAN FERNANDEZ, KCBS REPORTER (voice-over): The LAPD gave us a chance to see and to hold what is considered to be the most wanted man in Hollywood. It's definitely him. It is Oscar. The 13 1/2 inch statuettes were found by junk man Willie Fulgear in this dumpsters behind a Food for Less supermarket. He says he was looking for moving boxes and in the trash he found a treasure.</s>WILLIE FULGEAR: I felt a lot of white stuff out there, which was I was trying to find boxes, and I picked one up busted it open and Oscar.</s>FERNANDEZ (on camera): Could you believe what you were looking at?</s>FULGEAR: No, I didn't know it.</s>FERNANDEZ (voice-over): Police cordoned off the area, brought the statuettes back to the dumpster and began an investigation, hoping to track down how Oscar got here and who brought him here. As for Fulgear, he could possibly take home a $50,000 reward.</s>FULGEAR: Fifty grand? I am going to go buy me a house, man, I need a place to stay.</s>FERNANDEZ (on camera): So Oscar is a good friend.</s>FULGEAR: I am going to get out of one room and go buy me a little old house.</s>FERNANDEZ (voice-over): For now, Oscar will remain in police custody. And once the investigation in complete, the statuettes will be turned over the academy, hopefully in time for the awards show next Sunday.</s>HEMMER: Juan Fernandez, KCBS, Oscar is well today. Search CNN.com CNNSI.com CNNmoney.com The Web
61-Year-Old Junk Man the Envy of Hollywood