Crime & Safety
$4,000 Reward Offered to Catch Cemetery Vandals
Crimestoppers and the Cuyahoga Falls Police Department are offering $2,000 each to find the suspects, reports our news partner WEWS Channel 5.
This is the fourth time a major vandalism has occurred at the cemetery within the last 10 months and authorities are now offering a hefty reward to catch the suspects responsible.
On April 16, a city groundskeeper called Cuyahoga Falls police to report that more than 20 headstones had been overturned at Oakwood Cemetery.
In late March, vandals reportedly smashed 31 gravestones and monuments, according to the Cuyahoga Falls Police Facebook page.
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A $4,000 reward is being offered to catch the vandals who damaged dozens of headstones at Oakwood Cemetery in Cuyahoga Falls, our news partner at WEWS Channel 5 reports.
Crimestoppers is offering a $2,000 reward and Cuyahoga Falls is matching that amount.
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Police believe the vandals committed the crimes at night, but they don't have any suspects at this time.
Anyone with information may call Summit County Crimestoppers at 330-434-COPS.
Jeff Amburn, the building and grounds maintenance supervisor, said plans are in the works to step up surveillance around the cemetery.
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