KIRO TV: Commemorative WWI Bronze Plaques Stolen From Bellingham Park
BELLINGHAM, Wash. -- The Bellingham Police Department is asking for the public’s help in solving two cases of metal thefts reported over the last few days.
In both cases, thieves have stolen bronze plaques with a combined value of more than $4,000, police said.
On Monday, officers took a report at Memorial Park at 2700 King St. after a park employee discovered three large bronze plaques had been stolen.
Police said two bronze plaques measuring 36” by 30” were stolen from the arched entry. The two plaques list the names of Whatcom County men killed in action during World War I. The third plaque, measuring 36”by 30,” describing the construction of Memorial Park, was stolen from a cement planter.
On Tuesday, an officer took a report from an employee at Cornwall Park located at 3200 Cornwall Ave. Police said a bronze plaque measuring 24” by 36” describing the construction of the Telegraph Road was stolen. It had been bolted to a large rock.
The Bellingham Police Department is asking for parkgoers to report any suspicious activity to 911. Anyone with information about the thefts is asked to call the Bellingham Police Department at 360-778-8800.
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