Overview
- Authorities said bronze stars and plaques were pried from the Peace Officer Memorial in Fairfield, as well as from a nearby veterans’ memorial and other county buildings.
- In Vallejo, police reported thefts from the City Hall memorial for fallen first responders and from a brass plate on a cannon at Mare Island.
- A plaque honoring the Port Chicago 50 on Ryder Street was also reported missing, and a historian said it is not metal and holds little resale value.
- Sheriff Brad DeWall said the acts were deliberate and pledged to use every available resource to identify those responsible.
- The string of removals has shaken families of the fallen and underscores a local pattern of metal thefts that recently shut a school and canceled a baseball season.