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Police: Md. Men Pilfer Antlers From Pa. NRA Event

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(Credit: AP)

(Credit: AP)

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Police are pointing at two exhibition workers in the theft of two massive sets of elk antlers following the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting in Pittsburgh.

Investigators say Gary Felts, 46, and Stephen Lee, 44, abducted the antlers Sunday night while a vendor at the convention center waited to load a truck.

Police say the vendor reported the theft and the men were detained on a sidewalk outside with the antlers, valued at more than $500,000.

Felts, of Joppa, Md., and Lee, of Cumberland, Md., were charged with theft and conspiracy and released on $5,000 bail. Phone listings for both men are disconnected. Police say they work for a Maryland-based expo company.

The antlers were returned to the Rexburg, Idaho-based exhibitor.

(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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  • sheriff

    AARON, That theory has more holes in it than a rusty bucket.When was the last time someone really used their gun to ward off an intruder? Usually they wind up not getting to it or have it used against them & later used on the streets to commit a crime. The NRA is in the business of selling guns & gun gear. It’s their business. My business to prevent that as much as I can. Yeah, I also hear about if all guns were confiscated only criminals would have them. A few probably but when was the last time you heard or read about a cop shooting an innocent human being citizen?

    • AARON

      2 years ago some little black thugs came in my house,one had a stolen gun the other was just along for the thrill. the cops took the one away missing a knee cap and the unarmed one sat there waiting praying for the cops to come.both were charged and the one is doing 5 years for armed burglury the other plea dealed and got 2 years. thankfully i was armed as the one was also suspected of commiting armed robbery a week prior. and dont worry i now live in a lot better area

    • Dave

      hahaha…..guess Sheriff’s theory of “when was the last time someone really used their gun to ward off an intruder?” just got shoved back in his face by Aaron…..and let me do the same……I had an intruder try to break into my house…unlucky for him, I couldn’t sleep that night and was up working on my computer….he stepped into the sliding glass door that he shattered and as he stepped in, he ended up looking into the barrel of a Glock 22…..so how stupid do you feel now Sheriff?

      • sheriff

        Any yahoo can cite an incident that favors their outcome if they want. For every success story cited here there are hundreds to one that the outcomes were not so favorable. Time & time again you read about a gun committed in a crime that was register to an owner & reported stolen or the subject was killed because he or she hesitated or how about the criminal sues & wins a case against the gun owner. So boys cheer all you want because this country would be a whole lot safer without guns.

  • http://ethicalfutures.wordpress.com HooDatIS?

    ouch my antlers
    u fool give me back my ears
    ooooooooooooooooooooo
    code ten moose down
    call 911
    http://ethicalfutures.wordpress.com/

  • Pappy Anderson

    there is no way that antlers cost $599,999 unless they were solid gold.

  • sheriff

    Leftyloon, Thomas Jefferson also had slaves but that’s ok because they all did back them eh? Tommy boy made that statement back in the 1700′s when the country & world were a vastly different place & we had no police force to protect us. Guns were used for that reason & we promptly went about killing one another at a rate so quickly we would have deleted the population in no time.

  • AARON

    so i guess when a thug comes in your home, you”ll just lay down and be a victim. but you are probably one of those people that excuses them because they come from a bad enviroment.
    some people are like slinkys, they serve no purpose, but they can bring a smile to your face when pushed down a set of steps

  • Pappy Anderson

    what kind of moron calls himself sheriff and then outs down the NRA? probably the smae moron who values antlers at a half a million dollars. please explain how an organization dedicated to teaching people gun safety and standing up for our constitutional rights get judged by a nobody like you? who are you and what have you done for our country? (like i’m going to get a real answer on the ‘net, probably gonna tell us he was special forces in the war!)

  • leftyloon

    Sheriff appears to be a public union and paid police Nazi member. Luckily not many of our law enforcement personnel fall into his category. First eliminate the second amendment, then the first, next the rest of the bill of rights. Pretty easy to be the sheriff when the public has no rights or guns, can you spell communist, socialist or nazis. Sheriff must have his head in a hole or up something if he cannot remember the police shooting their own just recently here in Bmore, it happens all over the Country to fellow officers or innocents. Not to mention some of the fine dog killers pretending to be swat members, talking family pets not pit bulls here.
    Sheriff is one of those rare extremely lazy and scared officer who does not want to do his job of taking on the bad guys but punish law abiding citizens..
    Thomas Jefferson said it best:“Laws that forbid the carrying of arms…disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes… Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.” (Quoting Cesare Beccaria)

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