Crime alert out for stolen school mascot

A Minnesota Crime Alert is out for a missing school mascot.

The hand-carved wooden statue of a panda was stolen from outside an elementary school in St. Anthony.

The panda is about 5 feet tall, weighs about 100 pounds and was bolted to the concrete.

The theft happened July 15 at Wilshire Park Elementary School.

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