Sometime during the early hours of July 4th, 34 of the 99 bronze plaques on the memorial wall at the park were stolen. The panels were apparently pried of the wall with a crowbar. On July 6th, a 24-year-old man was arrested for the theft and seven of the 34 brass panels that were pried off and stolen from the Asan Bay Overlook were recovered. Joseph Umiich Rosario Mafnas Elibosang was arrested on charges of theft of property, criminal trespass, guilt established by complicity, and criminal mischief. A tip to Guam Crime Stoppers led to Elibosang’s arrest. A woman from Xiongs Family Recycling called Guam Crime Stoppers and told authorities that the scrapyard had purchased the brass panels, which contain the names of Chamorros and Americans killed and/or tortured during the war. The woman’s tip led to Elibosang, who police found at 6 p.m., fishing near Dead Man’s Curve in Asan. He was taken into custody and later arrested in Tiyan.
