Overview

• Employees found the 4-foot, roughly 50-pound fiberglass Apatosaurus early Monday wrapped in a drop cloth with a note that read, “I’m sorry for stealing. Please don’t charge me!”
• Security video from Sept. 27 shows a person using power tools to remove the statue before loading it into a white pickup at the San Vicente Boulevard station.
• The Los Angeles Police Department was contacted for details, and no arrests were reported as of Monday morning.
• Owners Cari and John Fawcett filed a police report and said they do not intend to press charges as they assess the statue for possible damage.
• The neighborhood fixture, often dressed for holidays, drew a strong response during its absence, with residents leaving flowers and Jamie Lee Curtis sharing the theft video.