May 2, 2007 5:59 pm US/Eastern
Thieves Look To Cash In On Stolen Statues
by Bill Shields
ABINGTON (WBZ) ―
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Abington's new library was celebrated as the centerpiece of the town and in front stood an eye-catching bronze sculpture that is now gone.
CBS
They are valuable metals that are apparently too tempting for thieves. Thieves on the Cape and on the South Shore stole two memorials that were made with the precious metal bronze.
Abington's new library was celebrated as the centerpiece of the town and in front stood an eye-catching bronze sculpture that is now gone. "A lot of anger in it," said librarian Janet Meagher. "How could they do such a thing? It's a memorial these two people who were dedicated library readers."
It was a sculpture of a little girl reading peacefully that someone cut the statue off its marble base and stole it -- probably to sell for the bronze. "Desperation…Really I would attribute it to narcotics -- people looking for drugs, people looking for quick money," said Chief David Majenski of the Abington Police Department. "It's really just a sad state of affairs."
Last weekend, in Falmouth, someone actually stole a bronze plaque, dedicated to a 9-11 victim. Inscribed on the plaque dedicated to Nealie Casey was a personal poem. "It's a secondary punch in the gut," said Nalie's mother, Anne Hefernan. "That there are human beings that don't have any value of the consequence of their actions."
Now, a statue dedicated to Ed and Leona Fisher has been stolen. They were parents whose daughter grew to love books and libraries. "This woman gave this statue to us in memory of her beloved parents," said Meagher. "How could they take it? To do what with? Melt it down to have money for lord knows what?"
Police say with the price of metals going up, there's probably no end to precious metal thefts. They also say there is no end to the type of person who would steal a statue dedicated to loved ones.
Investigators say stolen copper is fetching the most money on the black market, but it is followed by bronze.
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