Elk antlers worth $500K pilfered at NRA event, say Pa. police

(CBS/AP) PITTSBURGH - 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 46-year-old Gary Felts and 44-year-old Stephen Lee abducted the antlers - worth $500,000 - Sunday night while a vendor at the convention center waited to load a truck.

Police say the vendor reported the theft, and the antler absconders were detained on a sidewalk outside with the antlers (which would seem to be hard to hide).

Felts, of Joppa, Md., and Lee, of Cumberland, Md., were both charged with theft and conspiracy and released on $5,000 bail.

Police say both men work for a Maryland-based expo company.

The antlers were returned to their rightful owner, an NRA exhibit based in Rexburg, Idaho.