A Maricopa County man will spend several years in prison for vandalizing one of the Phoenix Art Museum’s dinosaur sculpture.
Todd Maddox has been sentenced to 4.5 years in prison and ordered to pay more than $23,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to one count of Criminal Damage, a Class Four Felony, for vandalizing a sculpture at the Phoenix Art Museum. Maddox has an extensive criminal history spanning nearly two decades, including eight prior felony convictions.
According to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, in March 2026, Phoenix Police officers responded to the Phoenix Art Museum after receiving reports that a man had damaged a dinosaur sculpture on display outside the museum. Museum staff provided officers with photographs and video showing the suspect breaking pieces off a marble wall and throwing them at the exhibit.
Officers canvassed the area and learned that the suspect had been seen walking through the nearby Heard Museum property. With assistance from museum security, officers located and detained the suspect, who was later identified as Todd Maddox.
After being advised of his rights, Maddox admitted he had been drinking alcohol and using methamphetamine and that he had been damaging property throughout the morning. When shown surveillance video from the Phoenix Art Museum, Maddox acknowledged that he was the person depicted damaging the sculpture.
The estimated cost to repair the damaged sculpture, known as the “Jurassic Age” figure, is $23,308.
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