"A thief has pried a bronze plaque from a memorial on the town common honoring six Natick men killed in the Spanish-American War."
Click here to read story, from Metrowest Daily News (Framingham MA) 4/15/10
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Statue at former RAF base cleaned up after graffiti attack Read more: http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1687647?UserKey=#ixzz0o8x1e15Y
"A BRONZE statue commemorating the work of a former north-east Royal Air Force base has been returned to its former glory after being defaced by vandals."
Click here to read story, from The Press and Journal (Aberdeen, UK) 4/13/10
Click here to read story, from The Press and Journal (Aberdeen, UK) 4/13/10
Arizona couple won't see son's plaque when they visit his grave
"Carole and Emmett Crain planned to visit their 25-year-old son's grave on a trip to the South Bay from Arizona on Wednesday.
But when they stop by the former Lawndale man's resting place at Pacific Crest Cemetery in Redondo Beach, they won't see the name Mark Todd Crain on a plaque.
Thieves pried the 18-pound bronze marker from the site last week, presumably to sell it for scrap metal."
Click here to read the story, from dailybreeze.com (Torrance, Ca) 4/12/10
But when they stop by the former Lawndale man's resting place at Pacific Crest Cemetery in Redondo Beach, they won't see the name Mark Todd Crain on a plaque.
Thieves pried the 18-pound bronze marker from the site last week, presumably to sell it for scrap metal."
Click here to read the story, from dailybreeze.com (Torrance, Ca) 4/12/10
‘Freedom fighters’ deface Boddam RAF statue
Vandals have defaced a striking bronze statue commemorating the servicemen and women who served at a now defunct north-east Royal Air Force base.
Click here to read the story, from The Press and Journal (Aberdeen, UK) 44/10/10
Click here to read the story, from The Press and Journal (Aberdeen, UK) 44/10/10
Newton man charged in plaque thefts; Watertown connection suspected
A pilferer of historical plaques has wreaked havoc across the area for several weeks, swiping tablets from Newton's Country Day School, Memorial Monument Rock at Newton City Hall and the Johnny Kelley statue. Police have arrested a man in connection with two other plaque thefts, one in Newton and one in Belmont.
Click here to read the story, from watertown@cnc.com (Watertown, MA) 3/31/10
Click here to read the story, from watertown@cnc.com (Watertown, MA) 3/31/10
Man Arrested For Stealing Bronze Memorial Plaques
A man is under arrest for stealing several bronze memorial plaques.
Click here to read the story, from WBZTV.COM (Boston, MA) 3/31/10
Click here to read the story, from WBZTV.COM (Boston, MA) 3/31/10
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