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UPDATE: Police Asking For Help Recovering Historic Statue Stolen from Cemetery

Wednesday, 29 September 2021 16:47

By Tami Jeanneret/Linda Morgan

Photo Credit: City of Niagara Falls

Metal recyclers also asked to be on the lookout

 

Police are asking anyone with video surveillance cameras living close by or with a business near Drummond Hill Cemetery to check their footage between the early morning hours of September 27th and the morning of September 29th after a statue of Lieutenant General Drummond on horseback was stolen from the cemetery.

Police say the statue was on a concrete base and its removal would have been labour intensive .

Police say a vehicle would have likely been used to take it away.

The statue is 31” long x 11” wide x 36” tall. 

It weighs approximately 330lbs.

The value is estimated at over $10,000.

Metal recyclers are asked to be on the look out for the statue and to contact police to report anything suspicious.

Anyone who may have information about this incident is asked to contact the Niagara Regional Police at 905-688-4111, extension 1022200.

Members of the public who wish to provide information anonymously can contact Crime Stoppers of Niagara online or by calling 1-800-222-8477.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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