$90,000 worth of bronze items stolen from former Nebraska governor's gravesite in Lincoln

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — The Lincoln Police Department has launched an investigation after $90,000 worth of bronze items were stolen from a former Nebraska governor’s gravesite at the Wyuka Cemetery.

Just after 9:45 a.m. On Thursday, the cemetery’s president reported that someone had stolen three large bronze plaques and a bronze bust from the gravesite of Albinus Nance.

The plaques included an Abraham Lincoln plaque, a Pledge of Allegiance plaque and one with a script written on it.

$90,000 worth of bronze items stolen from former Nebraska governor’s gravesite in Lincoln (1) Courtesy Joshua Vossler

$90,000 worth of bronze items stolen from former Nebraska governor’s gravesite in Lincoln Courtesy Thomas Fisher

$90,000 worth of bronze items stolen from former Nebraska governor’s grav