A velociraptor at the center of a theft led to three arrests last week, according to the Sioux Falls Police Department.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Police have hunted down a velociraptor that was stolen from outside a South Dakota arts and science center.
Sioux Falls police Sgt. Aaron Benson said Friday that a security officer spotted three people carrying the statue away from the Washington Pavilion and called police just after midnight. Surveillance video then helped officers track the statue to a nearby apartment, The Argus Leader“When opening the door, detectives could clearly see the velociraptor was sitting right inside,” Benson said.
Police detained the three suspects on charges of grand theft. Benson said one was 18, another 19 and the third a juvenile. “Fortunately, the statue was not damaged,” stated Madelyn Grogan, the Pavilion’s director of education, programming and exhibits, in an email Friday.The statue and many other dinosaur representations are part of the “Dinosaurs in the Wild” exhibition at the Washington Pavilion’s science center. The organization did not provide any information on the size or weight of the statue.
Grogan said officials are evaluating how they can better secure the dinosaur statue. It was one of two velociraptors featured outside as part of the collection of dinosaur statues; one was perched on the roof of the building, looking out at the city, and the other was almost directly below.
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