LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, Tenn. — Lookout Mountain police are searching for a man who stole about $7,000 worth of Civil War relics from the Battles for Chattanooga Museum.
Surveillance video clearly shows a man with glasses, a flat cap and a neat gray beard entering the museum at about 4 p.m. on Dec. 12. He tells the clerk he is a Hixon schoolteacher looking into rates for bringing a class there.
He looks around before walking to an exhibit room, taking the glass pane out of a display case and grabbing a shadowbox filled with relics, including 14 valuable belt buckles.
The museum's Jeff Raabe tells the Chattanooga Times Free Press that thefts from an exhibit are extremely rare. A reward has been offered, and the video can be seen at the newspaper's website.
Police search for museum visitor who stole relics
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20111223/NEWS21/312230079/Rare-Civil-War-relics-stolen-from-Chattanooga-Museum
Surveillance video clearly shows a man with glasses, a flat cap and a neat gray beard entering the museum at about 4 p.m. on Dec. 12. He tells the clerk he is a Hixon schoolteacher looking into rates for bringing a class there.
He looks around before walking to an exhibit room, taking the glass pane out of a display case and grabbing a shadowbox filled with relics, including 14 valuable belt buckles.
The museum's Jeff Raabe tells the Chattanooga Times Free Press that thefts from an exhibit are extremely rare. A reward has been offered, and the video can be seen at the newspaper's website.
Police search for museum visitor who stole relics
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20111223/NEWS21/312230079/Rare-Civil-War-relics-stolen-from-Chattanooga-Museum
