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Old 23rd December 2011, 11:58 AM   #2
cannonmn
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Default Thanks, will re-post elsewhere

Thanks for posting this. I think either the site linked isn't used to posting thefts or else the standards for such are different from here in the US. Here, the media attempt to get in as many details of the theft as they can get from the police, the location, organization of person from whom stolen, time of day if known, details of how thief accessed the items, etc. The details increase reader interest and may occasionally cause someone in the neighborhood to recall something which will be important to solving the crime. The owner or police also often offer a reward for information leading to recovery or arrest, and believe me this helps in these hard times. A mere $1000. reward offer was responsible for the recovery of a valuable Spanish bronze cannon worth perhaps 20 times that, stolen in Detroit, MI area recently, from a friend of mine. The cannon was recovered undamaged after being missing for only a few weeks, with no damage
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