BREVARD, N. C.
-Authorities in southern North Carolina have arrested a person after stealing 100 meteorites at a science education center and are looking for a second suspect.
Citizens of AshevilleTimes ()
Reported that 29-year-
Balsam Grove's old Brian Koontz is charged with breaking the door, theft and personal and property damage.
He was held at the county prison in transivania.
Video surveillance showed two thieves breaking into the Pisgah Astronomical Institute near Roseman around three in the morning. m.
On Christmas Eve
The thief took away the meteorite lent to the Institute.
They also bring TV monitors, projectors, microscopes and other scientific instruments.
Sheriff's detective, Wade Whelan, said most of the stolen items were found from the suspect's home.
He declined to say which suspect it was.
From: information from Asheville Citizens