Reward grows for info about Rosa Parks apartment vandalism

CrimeStoppers has raised the reward for whomever provides information concerning the vandalism of Rosa Parks' former apartment to $3,000.

After it was discovered that the home of Civil Rights pioneer Rosa Parks had been severely damaged by copper thieves, the community banded together to raise money for the capture of those responsible for the damages.

Rosa Parks' apartment is a mini-museum in the Cleveland Court housing community and was gutted by vandals in search of copper tubing on Aug. 25.

CrimeStoppers originally offered their maximum reward of $1,000 for any information that would assist law enforcement in finding the suspects.

Since then, businesses, neighborhood organizations, politicians and individual citizens have donated an additional $2,000 toward the reward, Tony Garrett said, director of CrimeStoppers.

"We have been contacted by a number of citizens that have knowledge of schools, churches, businesses and residential homes that have been victimized in the same manner by copper thieves," Garrett said. "The community is using this unfortunate event to send a message to these greedy individuals that we have had enough."

If you can identify or know the whereabouts of these subjects, please call the police or Crime Stoppers at 215-STOP. Your tip may lead to a cash reward.