Federal prosecutors in Southern California have charged an East Bay resident with stealing more than $200,000 worth of rare and historical Chinese manuscripts from a university’s library system, authorities said.

Jeffrey Ying, 38, of Fremont, has been charged with theft of major artwork and will make his initial appearance at the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles next week, according to a statement the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles. He was in state custody after his arrest Monday, authorities said.

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The charge is a crime punishable by up to 10 years in federal prison.

In the statement from the Attorney’s Office, authorities said an affidavit filed with the criminal complaint states that Ying stole the rare and valuable manuscripts from the library from December

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