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Mark Twain’s grave robbed of bronze plaque. Mark Twain’s plaque on his grave marker was stolen in late December. (Jason Whong / Associated Press) By Carolyn Kellogg. Jan. 5, 2015 4:13 PM PT .
At the Port of Los Angeles, three bronze memorial plaques, ... Thieves stealing grave markers, bronze memorials busted in Los Angeles by: Josh DuBose. Posted: Feb 14, 2024 / 08:43 PM PST.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Missouri woman wants answers after visiting her great grandmother’s grave. She says the bronze plaque appears rusted and it’s hard to read the name. Because bronze is ne… ...
Investigators said Brent McAdams and Anna Milwood were accused of stealing more than 79 bronze plaques to be used as grave markers and selling them to a metal recycling center to be melted down.
New grave markers are being installed to replace dozens of bronze plaques stolen from cemeteries near Hampton."You can tell they're new. They're bright and shiny," said Barb Furman, of Hampton.
Thieves have stolen bronze burial markers from at least 80 veterans' graves in northern Iowa, leaving families devastated.Barb Furman is seeing it for the first time — 700 pounds of desecrated ...
Cemeteries in Downey and Long Beach have had bronze grave markers and military plaques stolen on five occasions, the latest taking place Wednesday, officials said. | PHOTOS In Downey, four bronze ...
More than a dozen grave markers, including two bronze plaques, were stolen from a Worcester, Massachusetts, cemetery. Worcester police said the theft from St. John’s Cemetery was first reported ...
A Worcester man was charged after police said he stole bronze plaques and several veteran grave markers from a cemetery in the city. Arthur Theurer, 64, was arrested on Jan. 2 on Temple Street and ...
A pair of accused Indiana grave robbers have been arrested for allegedly swiping more than a dozen bronze headstone markers from veteran burial sites — memorials that can sell for several ...
A new bronze plaque is now on the grave of “Baby Mary.” The marker that was on the grave was taken last year. In 2001, the newborn was killed by her mother Tracy Dupre.