An IMPD police report shows on Feb. 29, 150 bronze vases were stolen off the headstones of graves at New Crown Cemetery.
are asking for help catching thieves who stole more than 100 vases from a southeast side cemetery."I didn't cry, but it almost brought me to tears," one man told 13News. "I can't believe that someone would actually do this," he said.
"One off my older brother's grave, the other one off my younger brother's grave and my mother," he said. The man 13News spoke with says the cemetery estimates each vase will cost around $700 dollars and it's up to him and other families to pay. "Unfortunately, the theft of bronze vases is an issue at cemeteries across North America. It saddens us that thieves are preying on cemeteries and gravesites to commit these crimes. We take safety and security very seriously and routinely evaluate the security needs of the cemetery; however, cemeteries, by their nature, are open to the public.
"Probably going to have to go into my retirement money to replace them, so I'm just waiting on the funeral home to tell me what they're going to do," he said.
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