Crime & Safety
Mayor Offers Reward for Missing Maxcy Gregg Park Statue
The statue was stolen last year from the Richard & Annette Bloch Cancer Survivor's Garden located at Maxcy Gregg.
Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin is offering a $1,000 reward for any information that could help authorities find a statue stolen from Maxcy Gregg Park last November and those responsible.
"Maxcy Gregg Park is a priceless piece of our Columbia's history and I can't help but think out mission to restore it back to its former glory won't be complete as long as that statue is missing," Benjamin said in a release.
The statue of a female was stolen last year from the Richard & Annette Bloch Cancer Survivor's Garden located at Maxcy Gregg.
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The garden, which celebrates cancer survivors of all ages, features figures that represent cancer patients and their supporters, preparing them for treatment.
An image of the garden, captured by Google in August 2011 before the theft in November, can be seen in the attached photo.
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The November incident is the third time the statue has been stolen, according to a report from WIS-TV.
Anyone with information about the missing statue, call Crimestoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC.
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