The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has approved a $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspects responsible for vandalizing and stealing from Woodlawn Celestial Gardens in Compton and Lincoln Memorial Park in Carson. The crimes occurred over two months ago and law enforcement is still searching for the culprits.
It's been over two months since the Woodlawn Celestial Gardens in Compton were vandalized. Law enforcement is still searching for the suspects responsible. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a reward of $20,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for the vandalism and theft.
On January 6, vandals broke into the non-operating cemetery that houses historically important graves, from the families of Compton founders, to veterans going back to the Civil War and destroyed grave markers, stealing the copper and bronze plaques from at least a hundred of them. About a week later, a similar crime occurred at Lincoln Memorial Park in Carson. There, about a hundred bronze name plates were pried off mausoleum graves, along with a large plaque commemorating WWII African American veterans, which was donated by famed boxer Joe Lewis, in the '40’
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