BREMERTON, Wash. —
Bremerton police said two people suspected of stealing bricks from a 9/11 memorial were taken into custody Wednesday afternoon.
Surveillance cameras were rolling as two people stole bricks from a 9/11 memorial in Bremerton Tuesday afternoon.
“We have no idea why,” said Bremerton police Detective Keith Sergent, who investigated the incident.
The video obtained by KIRO 7 shows the couple walking into the memorial area in Bremerton’s Evergreen Park around noon Tuesday, then prying the bricks from the ground.
“The female suspect was seen looking around and then suddenly she kneeled down and removed one of the bricks,” said Sergent. The woman is seen stuffing the brick into the male’s backpack before prying a second brick from the site.
The bricks are etched with the names of people and businesses who donated money to have them placed at the site to help fund the memorial. Sergent said he was told donors paid around $150 per brick. Police have not determined whose name was on the bricks stolen by the couple.
The site, dedicated Sept. 11, 2013, includes pieces of the iron support structure from the World Trade Center in New York that collapsed on Sept. 11, 2001, after the two towers were hit by hijacked planes flown by terrorists. It also includes limestone from the Pentagon, which was also struck by a plane, and sand from Shanksville, Pennsylvania where one of the hijacked planes crashed into a field.
“It’s kind of a sacred place that you don’t mess with,” said Sergent.
KIRO 7 asked showed some Bremerton residents video of the thefts. All said they were disgusted that someone would vandalize and desecrate the memorial.
“I think that’s atrocious,” said Tonya McDonald, “I think they should find them and prosecute them.”
“It’s a special memorial for this country and it just should be treated as a crime and prosecuted as a crime,” said Jerome Evans.
A woman who only have her name as Melissa said, “That’s horrible, that’s weird. Why would they do that?”
Surveillance cameras were rolling as two people stole bricks from a 9/11 memorial in Bremerton Tuesday afternoon.
“We have no idea why,” said Bremerton police Detective Keith Sergent, who investigated the incident.
The video obtained by KIRO 7 shows the couple walking into the memorial area in Bremerton’s Evergreen Park around noon Tuesday, then prying the bricks from the ground.
“The female suspect was seen looking around and then suddenly she kneeled down and removed one of the bricks,” said Sergent. The woman is seen stuffing the brick into the male’s backpack before prying a second brick from the site.
The bricks are etched with the names of people and businesses who donated money to have them placed at the site to help fund the memorial. Sergent said he was told donors paid around $150 per brick. Police have not determined whose name was on the bricks stolen by the couple.
The site, dedicated Sept. 11, 2013, includes pieces of the iron support structure from the World Trade Center in New York that collapsed on Sept. 11, 2001, after the two towers were hit by hijacked planes flown by terrorists. It also includes limestone from the Pentagon, which was also struck by a plane, and sand from Shanksville, Pennsylvania where one of the hijacked planes crashed into a field.
“It’s kind of a sacred place that you don’t mess with,” said Sergent.
KIRO 7 asked showed some Bremerton residents video of the thefts. All said they were disgusted that someone would vandalize and desecrate the memorial.
“I think that’s atrocious,” said Tonya McDonald, “I think they should find them and prosecute them.”
“It’s a special memorial for this country and it just should be treated as a crime and prosecuted as a crime,” said Jerome Evans.
A woman who only have her name as Melissa said, “That’s horrible, that’s weird. Why would they do that?”
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This surveillance image shows two suspects after they stole bricks from a 9/11 memorial Tuesday afternoon in Bremerton.
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