LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday renewed and increased a pair of reward offers for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for vandalizing two cemeteries in Compton and Carson in 2024, stealing bronze plaques and memorial markers.
On Jan. 6, 2024, vandals targeted Woodlawn Celestial Gardens cemetery in Compton, “one of the oldest operating cemeteries in Los Angeles County,” dating back to the 1880s, according to a motion by Supervisor Holly Mitchell requesting the renewal of the reward.
“The cemetery contains the gravesites of numerous prominent figures and many local military veterans dating back to the Civil War and the Spanish-American War,” the motion states. “The property owner estimates the financial loss to be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. To date, no witnesses or suspect(s) have been identified to further this investigation.”…