ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A New Mexico couple says their prize-winning pottery collection worth an estimated $8,000 is missing after their SUV was carjacked in Albuquerque.
Ben Toya of Jemez Pueblo told KOB-TV he was in southeast Albuquerque last weekend looking for a client to deliver some of the works when the thieves jumped in his vehicle and drove away.
He says he was looking for directions when the thieves opened the door, punched him and dragged him down the street alongside his SUV.
The couple found the vehicle the next day but it was trashed inside and 40 pieces of pottery were missing.
They say the pieces can be identified by their ringed flower logo intertwined with signatures “B.G.” Toya” along with “Jemez, New Mexico.”
