SPOKANE COUNTY, WA — Detectives with the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office are asking for the public’s help after a custom metal T. rex statue was stolen earlier this month from a roundabout display in the area of North Dupont Road and North Mellon Parkway.
According to investigators, deputies responded around 12:05 p.m. on March 8 to a report that the decorative dinosaur statue had been taken from the landscaped center of the roundabout. The theft is believed to have occurred earlier that day between approximately 1 a.m. and 5 a.m.
The statue, described as a custom-made metal artwork, has an estimated replacement and repair cost of about $70,000. Detectives say the case is being investigated as theft and malicious mischief…