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INVESTIGATORS. YEAH. LORI. TONIGHT, POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER OVER 100 BRONZE VASES WERE STOLEN FROM SOME OF THESE VETERAN GRAVESITES HERE. NOW, IMAGINE PEOPLE ARE ALREADY DEVASTATED WHEN SOMETHING IS STOLEN FROM THEM. BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT’S SOMETHING SO PERSONAL AND ESPECIALLY SO CLOSE TO MEMORIAL DAY THAT HITS CLOSE TO HOME. IT’S GOING TO BE ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THEFTS THAT THE CEMETERY HAS EXPERIENCED, SO WE’RE TAKING THAT VERY SERIOUSLY. TONIGHT THE SEARCH IS ON FOR THE SUSPECT WHO ROBBED DECEASED VETERANS AND THEIR LOVED ONES OF A MEANINGFUL MEMENTO. THAT’S JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT MAKES SENSE, REALLY, TO ANYONE. AFTER OVER 100 BRONZE VASES FROM VETERANS GRAVES WERE STOLEN IN THE MILITARY GARDEN OF THE LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. UNFORTUNATELY, IT SEEMS TO BE MORE OF A COMMON THING THAN IT SHOULD BE. BUT ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. AND FOR VETERANS GRAVES SPECIFICALLY TO BE THE ONES THAT WERE DESECRATED AND DISRESPECTED. THAT’S WHY WE’RE TAKING THAT EXTRA CLOSE TO HOME. POLICE SAY THE THEFT HAPPENED BETWEEN SUNDAY AND TODAY, AND ALTHOUGH THEY DON’T HAVE A SUSPECT, THEY WANT THE PUBLIC AND ANYONE WHO WOULD COMMIT THIS TYPE OF CRIME TO HEAR THIS MESSAGE. JUST STOP AND TAKE A SECOND. AND THIS IS REALLY JUST ABOUT RESPECTING OTHER PEOPLE. SO WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENCES AND SOMETIMES WE DON’T GET ALONG. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, A VETERANS MEMORIAL THAT THAT SHOULDN’T BE SOMETHING THAT WE EVER TAKE LIGHTLY. IT’S A GOOD MESSAGE. AND POLICE SAY THAT IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE OR HAVE ANY INFORMATION THAT COULD HELP WITH THIS INVESTIGATION TO PLEASE REACH OUT TO THE COLUMBIA BOROUGH POLICE DEPARTMENT OR YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTING LIVE