VALLEJO — Local metal thieves have evidently graduated to larger game with the recent snatching of a 1,500-pound cannon from a Vallejo cemetery, officials said this week.
The Civil War-era Naval Dahlgren cannon was discovered missing from its spot near three others in the Sunrise Memorial Cemetery this week, cemetery operator Buck Kamphausen said. The remaining cannons have since been removed and stored in an undisclosed location.
"They took an A-frame to it to take it out of the ground," Kamphausen said. "They dug around it enough to loosen it from the ground." This is the second cannon theft Kamphausen knows of in Vallejo in recent years, he said. One was stolen about 18 months ago from another local cemetery, he said.
Sunrise's cannon memorial is believed to have been erected in 1906 in its Spanish-American War section, manager Mark Alexander said.
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The Civil War-era Naval Dahlgren cannon was discovered missing from its spot near three others in the Sunrise Memorial Cemetery this week, cemetery operator Buck Kamphausen said. The remaining cannons have since been removed and stored in an undisclosed location.
"They took an A-frame to it to take it out of the ground," Kamphausen said. "They dug around it enough to loosen it from the ground." This is the second cannon theft Kamphausen knows of in Vallejo in recent years, he said. One was stolen about 18 months ago from another local cemetery, he said.
Sunrise's cannon memorial is believed to have been erected in 1906 in its Spanish-American War section, manager Mark Alexander said.
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