Burglar Targets Roger Maris Museum

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Fargo police are investigating a smash-and-grab burglary at the Roger Maris Museum in West Acres Mall.

KFGO radio reports someone broke through a glass entry door at the mall early Tuesday and then smashed a glass display case at the museum inside.

Sgt. Collin Gnoinsky says the break-in was captured by mall surveillance video. Items in the display case were not immediately inventoried to determine what if anything was stolen.

The museum dedicated to the late New York Yankees slugger contains displays and artifacts from Maris' boyhood days in Fargo and his professional baseball career. It opened in 1984.

Maris won two American League most valuable player awards and in 1961 hit a then-record-setting 61 home runs.