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Police said 47 of these bronze vases, each valued at $400, were stolen from a Darien cemetery last week. Halloween Balloons Delivered

DARIEN — More than $18,000 worth of bronze vases were reported stolen from the mausoleum at Saint John Cemetery, according to the Darien Police Department.

A person alerted police on the afternoon of May 10 after she received a report that a flower vase was missing from one of the plots inside the large mausoleum, police said. After further investigation, she discovered that 47 small flower vases had been stolen from the first- and second-level memorials in the structure, police said.

The vases were made of bronze and each one was valued at $400, totaling about $18,800, police said.

Liz Hardaway is a breaking news reporter with Hearst Connecticut Media Group.

She was a Hearst fellow in Connecticut and at the San Antonio Express-News where she covered city hall and local issues. She also worked at the Sun Newspapers in Southwest Florida as a general assignment reporter covering politics, business, and health. 

Halloween Standing Props Liz graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 2018 with a B.A. in journalism. She enjoys cooking, reading and playing with her dachshund, Finn.