Police say four people broke into the Jurassic World exhibit at Atlanta’s Pullman Yards causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage on May 28, 2023. (Fox 5)
ATLANTA – Burglars caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage to the Jurassic World Exhibition at Atlanta’s Pullman Yards Sunday evening, according to Atlanta police.
The exhibit, which opened Friday, was broken into by four people around 9:30 p.m., according to Atlanta police. The quartet of thieves was seen on surveillance video damaging several exhibits.
The next morning, police say a security guard saw one of the four. He was arrested.
Police identified the man as 19-year-old Acauan Carvalho Van Deusen.
Acauan Carvalho Van Deusen (Atlanta Police Department)
He was charged with second-degree robbery and booked into the DeKalb County Jail.
No details were released about the other three people.
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The Jurassic World Exhibition opened in Atlanta on May 26, 2023. (Fox 5)
Exhibit producers told Good Day Atlanta’s Paul Milliken that it took Animax Designs in Nashville 18 months to design, build and fully build the dinosaurs. The installation used about 140 people, from artists, engineers, painters and creatives.
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There was no mention of the incident on the exhibition’s official social media.
Anyone with information about the assault is asked to call the Atlanta Police Department.
