Public Art Review

A life size bronze statue of a teenager carrying an American flag has been stolen from McIntyre Company in Covina. This is the second time the statue has been nicked, the first time it was retrieved from a local scrap metal business. Police believe the culprits are intending to cash it in for scrap metal again. They used a chain attached to a vehicle to remove the life sized statue (they were keen!).

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The 300lb memorial statue to Shana Kay, who died from contracting viral encephalitis (inflammation of the brain), has been stolen outside a Long Island Library.The bronze statue depicting a girl reading a book on a bench is believed to have been stolen for scrap metal (what a surprise!). The thieves had ripped it from its cement and bolt moorings. Jane Kay’s mom said it’s “a sad commentary on humanity.”

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