Police searching for dinosaur thief in Raleigh
RALEIGH (WTVD) -- State Capitol Police need help identifying a man and woman seen on surveillance video Monday afternoon taking a baby dinosaur replica from a display at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.
A young couple was in the Prehistoric North Carolina exhibit when the male jumped the exhibit barrier, picked up the dinosaur casting, climbed out and put it in a large multi-colored purse carried by the female accomplice.
The male, believed to be in his 20s, has light brown hair and is about 5 feet 7 inches tall. He was wearing a dark gray T-shirt, white shorts with gray or green horizontal-stripes and black and white sneakers. The female, believed to be in her 20s, has brown hair, is about 5 feet 6 inches tall, and was wearing a pink shirt, blue shorts and ankle-high boots.
The stolen polymer resin model of an Edmontosaurus (duck-billed) hatchling is about 12-14 inches long and worth about $10,000. The theft is a felony offense.
The two are also suspects in a similar offense the same day at the Museum of History. Property value in that case is less than $1,000.
Anyone with information on the two suspects is asked to call the State Capitol Police at (919) 733-3333.
