Stolen Man-On-The-Moon Photo Recovered

By Laurie Omness

Published: January 8, 2009

WAPAKONETA, Ohio—

The police chief in Neil Armstrong’s
Ohio hometown says three portraits of the astronaut stolen from the
local post office have been recovered.
Wapakoneta Chief David Webb would not say
Thursday how police found the print and two enlarged photographs of
Armstrong, who became the first person to walk on the moon in 1969.
Webb says the pictures have been put back up and authorities have
identified a suspect, who is in custody on an unrelated case. No
charges in the theft have been filed.
Employees arriving for work Monday noticed the images of
Armstrong were missing at the post office in Wapakoneta, about 50
miles north of Dayton.
Postmaster Jennifer Shoup said someone apparently ran off with
the portraits from the unlocked lobby sometime on Friday.
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