Security increased, reward offered after several thefts by vandals at Bellevue ...
ONTARIO - With the price of scrap metal on the rise, even those buried in 122-year-old Bellevue Memorial Park can't rest in peace.Ontario police officials say vandals attempted to steal copper and brass plaques from headstones on Jan. 22, presumably so that they could sell them to a metal recycling center. In December, thieves stole items including an empty urn from the burial ground's mausoleum.
A $2,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the crimes.
The reward is being offered in part by a citizen, who gave $1,000 and wished to remain anonymous. Randy Inlow, the cemetery's general manager, said Bellevue will match that reward.
"When the economy takes a downturn, people go looking for income opportunities," he said. "It's old-fashioned gravestone robbery. It's been happening for 200 years, and it's just hard to understand why people would violate a burial ground."
The 122-year-old cemetery in the northwest part of town contains the graves of Ontario pioneers such as George Chaffey and Clifford Graber.
Police officers came to Bellevue late Jan. 22 on reports of suspicious activity on the northeast side of the cemetery.
When officers arrived, two men were spotted carrying two large headstones. The men fled, leaving the damaged headstones behind.
The two bronze plaques, which belonged to veterans, are being refurbished. Four foundations of headstones were also damaged.
Most of the headstones in that area of the cemetery are granite, Inlow said. The ones damaged a couple of weeks ago by the would-be thieves are the exceptions.
The thieves also attempted to steal galvanized vases, he said.
Police Sgt. David McBride added that the most thieves would have gotten for the plaques was $10. Instead, they left the cemetery with far more in damage, he said.
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Security increased, reward offered after several thefts by vandals at ...
ONTARIO - With the price of scrap metal on the rise, even those buried in 122-year-old Bellevue Memorial Park can't rest in peace.
Ontario police officials say vandals attempted to steal copper and brass plaques from headstones on Jan. 22, presumably so that they could sell them to a metal recycling center. In December, thieves stole items including an empty urn from the burial ground's mausoleum.
A $2,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the crimes.
The reward is being offered in part by a citizen, who gave $1,000 and wished to remain anonymous. Randy Inlow, the cemetery's general manager, said Bellevue will match that reward.
"When the economy takes a downturn, people go looking for income opportunities," he said. "It's old-fashioned gravestone robbery. It's been happening for 200 years, and it's just hard to understand why people would violate a burial ground."
The 122-year-old cemetery in the northwest part of town contains the graves of Ontario pioneers such as George Chaffey and Clifford Graber.
Police officers came to Bellevue late Jan. 22 on reports of suspicious activity on the northeast side of the cemetery.
When officers arrived, two men were spotted carrying two large headstones. The men fled, leaving the damaged headstones behind.
The two bronze plaques, which belonged to veterans, are being refurbished. Four foundations of headstones were also damaged.
Most of the headstones in that area of the cemetery are granite, Inlow said. The ones damaged a couple of weeks ago by the would-be thieves are the exceptions.
The thieves also attempted to steal galvanized vases, he said.
Police Sgt. David McBride added that the most thieves would have gotten for the plaques was $10. Instead, they left the cemetery with far more in damage, he said.