If my employer has not paid me for the hours that I have worked, do I have the right to keep the equipment given to me to perform my job?

I work with computers from my home. The company I work for is in the process of getting their office remodeled and so I was told to record my hours worked from home and send them in every 2 weeks. I have not been paid for over a month and a half and the owner has dipped away into the darkness unless he needs something done. I have company computer equipment that was given to me to work from home. My question is whether or not I have the right to keep this equipment in exchange for the hours that I have not been paid.