Bronze vases stolen from cemetery
Howard County police are investigating the theft of $5,700 worth of bronze flower vases from Meadowridge Memorial Park in Elkridge.
The vases were reported stolen Friday from gravesites at the cemetery, in the 7200 block of Washington Boulevard, police said.
Les Lowther, general manager of the 50-year-old cemetery, said stealing hasn't been a problem at Meadowridge. He said he believes thieves stole the bronze vases to sell as scrap metal.
POLICE LOG
* Ellicott City: 10200 block of Bristol Channel: Someone stole a $600 car stereo Sunday from a 1991 Chrysler Lebaron.
* 3100 block of Normandy Woods Drive: On Tuesday, a 13-year-old was charged with destruction of property after he allegedly threw a brick through the rear window of a 1985 Plymouth Horizon.
* 4700 block of Dorsey Hall Drive: Someone threw eggs at a 1992 Buick Roadmaster while it was parked outside a grocery store in the Dorsey Search Village Center on Sunday.
* 4000 block of Crescent Road: Between Friday and Sunday, someone drove through and destroyed a fenced flower bed in front of a house.
