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Offline bluelake

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Stolen Cannon
« on: November 08, 2011, 01:16:56 AM »
I just saw this one: http://theswit.com/stolencannon/
 
 
 

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Re: Stolen Cannon
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2011, 04:53:39 AM »
Eyeballs in Northern Michigan and beyond!
 
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Re: Stolen Cannon
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2011, 05:23:42 AM »
What a shame; and of course, best wishes are offered to M. Switlik that he soon sees the safe return of his cannon.
Unfortunately, because of the base metal worth of bronze, one of the first things PD's do in these cases is send alerts to scrap metal businesses.
http://www.scraptheftalert.com/theftreport.aspx?reportid=5951
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Re: Stolen Cannon
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2011, 05:42:12 AM »
When RI's historic 1760s cannon were finally recovered, they'd been cut up but were too hot to scrap & were abandoned.  I can't write what I think should be done to those who steal not only property but our herritage.
http://www.continentalline.org/articles/article.php?date=0601&article=060106

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Re: Stolen Cannon
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2011, 01:46:05 AM »
Here's a video showing a cannon identical to the one stolen, except for the gun's name and number.  I'm posting it here in case color images of this model will help find the missing piece.  The images on the website are black-and-white.  The video is repetitive due to an editing error.  The piece shown in the video is only a few numbers away from Matt's stolen cannon.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7RKtpf6wbw