A statue of Humpty Dumpty was ripped from its fixture at Cape May's Ocean Putt Golf and then discarded at a property a few blocks away, police said Wednesday.

Two men were caught on surveillance video entering the mini golf course at Jackson Street and Beach Avenue around 4 a.m. on Sunday. In the video shot from across the street, one of the suspects climbs over the fence and walks up to the fabled egg that's a fixture at one of the holes. The man wrestles with it briefly before ripping it from its mount and walking off with it.

Authorities said Humpty Dumpty was found a few blocks away. Police shared a photo of the toppled statue in the back of a pickup truck. Its top hat and one of its hands were broken off by the thieves.

Ocean Putt Golf, which has been a family-owned business at t

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