Attorney says well-known paleontologist will plead guilty to stealing dinosaur bones . Murphy , of Smithsonian , has made major fossil finds . Nate Murphy is accused of taking fossils from federal lands in Montana . the Judith River Dinosaur Institute : ` In the state case , Murphy pleaded guilty to a felony charge of theft . ` Theft of fossils from pubic lands has long been a problem ''
Attorney says well-known paleontologist will plead guilty to stealing dinosaur bones . Murphy , of Smithsonian , has made major fossil finds . Nate Murphy is accused of taking fossils from federal lands in Montana . the Judith River Dinosaur Institute : `` Theft of fossils from pubic lands has long been a problem ''