Reward offered for stolen piece of 9/11 memorial

[August 25, 2008]  NAPERVILLE (AP) -- An anti-crime group in suburban Chicago is offering a $1,000 reward for the return of a concrete piece of the Pentagon stolen from a Sept. 11 memorial.

Last week's theft was the second time in three years that rubble from the Pentagon has been stolen from the Naperville memorial. After a 2005 theft, city leaders installed a surveillance camera, which they said wasn't functioning during Wednesday's incident.

Police reports say the thief took the concrete piece after breaking a protective, heavy-duty plastic seal. A security guard discovered the damage.

The Naperville memorial honors victims of the terrorist attacks including Naperville native Navy Commander Dan Shanower, who died at the Pentagon.

[Associated Press]

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