(La Porte County, IN) - La Porte County Police have increased patrols around two cemeteries where several bronze grave markers were stolen.

 

The bronze name plates were taken within the past week from grave markers of veterans at cemeteries in Rolling Prairie and Union Mills.

 

The stolen markers were removed from the backs of headstones.

 

“These offenses are disgusting.  It’s just something that’s intolerable,” said La Porte County Police Capt. Derek Allen.

 

Detectives are contacting area scrap yards to find out if any of the stolen bronze markers wound up at those locations as part of a cash exchange for the metal. 

 

Police are encouraging family members and friends of deceased veterans to go to their gravesites to make sure their bronze markers have not been taken and to contact the sheriff’s office right away if they’re no longer attached to the headstones.

 

Anyone noticing suspicious activity at the cemeteries is also asked to contact the sheriff’s office.