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Bangor Police Find Stolen Library BooksPolice recovered several rare pages and book plates that had been stolen from the Bangor (Maine) Public Library and indicated they were making progress in the case, though no arrests have been made. After the theft was publicized April 20, the library began to receive calls with tips that some of the items had been sold locally. Detective Tim Reid said in the April 21 Bangor Daily News that the thefts appear to have occurred roughly three weeks ago, and “We do have a definite direction” in the investigation. Library staff will assess the recovered items and work to restore them as much as possible, since some of the damaged books date from the 18th and 19th centuries and are quite fragile. Among the stolen or damaged books is an 1868 edition of Tennyson’s Idylls of the King and an atlas dating from 1762. Posted April 30, 2001. |
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