Police looking for vandal who looted tombs at a Jewish cemetery in Queens, dismantling and removing materials at a cost of $30 thousand
According to police, the incident occurred in the Beth Olam Jewish Cemetery in between Friday and Sunday. This cemetery is located in Ridgewood (Queens) on Cypress Hills Street, near the border with Brooklyn.
The first theft was discovered a cemetery employee on Sunday at 6 am. At that moment the man saw that the tombs are located close to each other, disappeared on 7 doors, and reported the incident to the police. Later it turned out that it was stolen a lot more than I thought employee of the Beth Olam Jewish Cemetery.
Beth Olam Jewish Cemetery
All the thief stole door 14 and 75 of the vent valve 7 crypts. Estimated value of all stolen items is about $30 thousand.
Looted at Beth Olam cemetery rests many historically significant personalities, such as Emma Lazarus and Benjamin Cardozo.
To see the location of the cemetery on the map here.
