Memorial plaques stolen from Tennis Club in Cambridge

Victoria Park Tennis Club in West Galt
Victoria Park Tennis Club in West Galt. (Google Maps Image.)

By Christine Clark

Posted Nov 1, 2024 09:29:24 AM.

Last Updated Nov 1, 2024 12:10:39 PM.

Another case of memorial plaques stolen in Cambridge.

Waterloo Regional Police say people from a local business came to them this week with seven copper memorial plaques they believed to have been stolen.

Turns out, they were right.

Regional police say those plaques were traced back to benches at the Victoria Park Tennis Club in West Galt.

Those plaques have since been returned to the City of Cambridge.

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Police are still looking into who took the plaques.

Anyone with information is contact police or Crime Stoppers.

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