DENVER (AP) — Three bronze artworks stolen from a Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Metropolis Park in Denver, together with seven bronze items taken from a close-by fountain, have been recovered after being offered to a scrap metallic enterprise, Denver Police stated Tuesday.
Police stated as a result of the gadgets have been taken from two memorials and offered as scrap, they don’t imagine it was a bias-motivated crime. Two suspects are being sought and one of many males has been recognized, police stated.
A big plaque depicting Black army veterans from the “I Have a Dream” monument was lower into 4 items previous to being offered, police stated. A torch and angel taken from the King monument have been additionally recovered final Friday.
Investigators realized the items lacking from the King monument have been taken early on Feb. 18.
The thefts from the Joseph Addison Thatcher Memorial Fountain had not been reported till the gadgets have been recovered from the scrap enterprise. Some items from the fountain stay lacking, police stated in a Crimestoppers poster saying a $2,000 reward for info resulting in the arrest of the suspects. The fountain was devoted in 1918.
Artist Ed Dwight created the King memorial in 2002. It includes a bronze statue of King and smaller statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Rosa Parks, Sojourner Fact and Frederick Douglass.
Police returned the artworks to Denver Arts & Venues, which manages each monuments. Police declined to say how a lot the scrap enterprise paid for the items, citing the continuing investigation.
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