Police: Man Steals Sword from Boston Common Civil War Memorial
A Charlestown man is facing vandalism charges after he allegedly pried a sword from the historic Shaw Memorial across the street from the State House on Friday, according to the Suffolk District Attorney’s Office.
Delvin Dixon, 40, was released on his own recognizance in Boston Municipal Court that afternoon and ordered to stay away from Boston Common, authorities said.
The memorial — which displays the all-black 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry who fought in the Civil War and its commander, Col. Robert Gould Shaw — was first unveiled by sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens in 1897.
A Quincy woman was placed on six months of pretrial probation after a mental and health evaluation when she threw yellow paint on the memorial in 2012.
A voicemail left for Dixon was not immediately returned Friday evening.
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