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$1,500 Worth of Halloween Items, Other Goods Stolen From Doc’s Gem Mine in Blowing Rock Last Week

Crime Stopers Doc's Gem Mine (8)

Nov. 4, 2013. High Country Crime Stoppers and the Watauga County Sheriff’s Office seek the public’s assistance in solving the following crime at Doc’s Gem Mine, located at 129 Mystery Hill Lane in Blowing Rock, which was broken into on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013, around 11:10 p.m. 

The following items, valued at approximately $1500, were taken:

  • 3          New life size skeletons ($100 each)
  • 1          Large air inflatable pumpkin and ghost lawn decoration
  • 1          Lighted oversize skull decoration.
  • 1          Animated caged skeleton
  • 4          Halloween figures on guide poles
  • 2          Lawn mower gas cans
  • 1          Professional grade DJ Bubble Blower
  •             Costume decorations for skeletons
  •             Tools from shop tool box (Socket sets, wrenches and screwdrivers)
  •             Radar detector
  •             I-pod

The suspects were driving dark colored Toyota 4 Runner. 

Anyone with information on this crime or any other crime is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 828-268-6959 / 828-737-0125 or the Watauga County Sheriff’s Office at 828-264-3761.  All information will be kept confidential.

High Country Crime Stoppers pays rewards for information, which leads to arrests; recovery of stolen property; seizure of drugs and the location of wanted persons.

Too see more images and video of incident, see links below:

Video Link 1 http://www.townofboone.net/download/Video/Doc’s%20Gem%20Mine%20-%20Larceny%20Video%201.wmv

Video Link 2 http://www.townofboone.net/download/Video/Doc’s%20Gem%20Mine%20-%20Larceny%20Video%202.wmv 

Images: http://www.townofboone.net/download/Images