Expand / Collapse search
Watch TV
Menu

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2024 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper.

CRIME

Men charged with stealing brass markers from veterans graves in Rhode Island

Associated Press
Published | Updated

WEST WARWICK, R.I. – Two men have been arrested in the theft of bronze markers from the graves of veterans in a Rhode Island cemetery.

Police say 39-year-old Robert Haney of West Warwick and 32-year-old Michael Gilligan of Providence are charged with conspiracy and receiving stolen property.

Police say the markers, worth about $20,000, were stolen June 18 and the two men sold them for scrap in Johnston.

Police say they recovered the badly damaged markers after being contacted by J & S Scrap Metal in Johnston, which paid $485 for them. Police say they identified their suspects using the metal yard's surveillance video.

Haney was arraigned and is being held at the Adult Correctional Institutions. Gilligan also is in custody and is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday.