{"id":615234,"date":"2026-09-29T10:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T10:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/615234\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T10:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T10:36:11","slug":"man-charged-after-memorial-plaques-stolen-in-christchurch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/615234\/","title":{"rendered":"Man charged after memorial plaques stolen in Christchurch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man has been charged after several memorial plaques worth more than $2000 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2026\/08\/19\/multiple-memorial-plaques-stolen-from-central-christchurch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">were stolen<\/a> from central Christchurch last month. <\/p>\n<p>Police launched an investigation after the plaques were removed in mid-August, with Superintendent Lane Todd saying the thefts occurred sometime overnight on Tuesday, August 11 and Wednesday, August 12.<\/p>\n<p>The brass plaques, valued at more than $2000, were removed from the Latimer Square and Bridge of Remembrance areas. <\/p>\n<p>Police appealed to the public for help identifying a man and sought information from anyone who was in the areas around the time of the thefts. <\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/police-were-keen-to-speak-with-the-man-pictured-5NAB6ZWUTRF5VIMFQG67KYL2DU.jpg\" alt=\"Police were keen to speak with the man pictured. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" loading=\"eager\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-hi5x8q-0 cWTYyG image-metadata\">Police were keen to speak with the man pictured.  (Source: Police)<\/p>\n<p>Todd said investigators had since been able to identify a cyclist linked to the thefts after reviewing CCTV footage. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A man was pulled over for not wearing a helmet just before the thefts,&#8221; Todd said. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Following an eagle-eyed review of camera footage, we were able to make an arrest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Todd thanked the investigative team for their work in linking the cyclist to the thefts. <\/p>\n<p>A 40-year-old man was due to appear in court on Friday facing theft charges. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man has been charged after several memorial plaques worth more than $2000 were stolen from central Christchurch&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":615235,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[44152,67,111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-615234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-chris-hipkins","tag-crime-and-justice","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}