Attorney says well-known paleontologist will plead guilty to stealing dinosaur bones . Nate Murphy , of the Judith River Dinosaur Institute , has made major fossil finds . Earlier this month , Murphy pleaded guilty to state charges of stealing a fossil from private land in order to sell it . Murphy is accused of taking fossils from federal lands in Montana . He pleaded not guilty Monday morning at a Missoula courthouse. ` Theft of fossils from pubic lands has long been a problem ''
Attorney says well-known paleontologist will plead guilty to stealing dinosaur bones . Nate Murphy , of the Judith River Dinosaur Institute , has made major fossil finds . Murphy is accused of taking fossils from federal lands in Montana . He pleaded not guilty Monday morning at a Missoula courthouse. ` Theft of fossils from pubic lands has long been a problem ''