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BY Chris Sullivan  on May 16, 2012 @ 6:30 am (Updated: 12:27 pm - 5/16/12 )

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A pair of historic urns in the Olympia area have been stolen.

The large bronze urns were stolen from the graves of Leopold and Peter Schmidt over the weekend. The father and son team bought and took over what become the Olympia Brewery.

The urns were on the family property next to the abandoned brewery in Tumwater. A caretaker tells The Olympian that copper thieves are likely to blame.

He said the property has been broken into several times as thieves look for anything of value left after the brewery closed. The bronze plaques and ashes have been removed in case the thieves come back.

Police say the old brewery has become a magnet for break ins since it closed in 2003.

Chris Sullivan, KIRO Radio Reporter
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  • Dark Jedi wrote...
    Metal Theives
    May 16, 2012 7:41 am
    What kills me is there is no "sting" operations going on. If you kill the scrap metal buyers, then the junkies won't have any place to sell their stolen goods. There has to be a "fence" out there providing the cash. Not to mention a "melting" place the thieves are using.
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