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Worchester, MA

Police: WWII Memorial Plaques Weren't Stolen From Hackensack's Flooded USS Ling, After All Police: WWII Memorial Plaques Weren't Stolen From Hackensack's Flooded USS Ling, After All
Police: WWII Memorial Plaques Weren't Stolen From Hackensack's Flooded USS Ling, After All Four memorial plaques that vanished from the flooded USS Ling submarine on the Hackensack River weren't stolen by thieves, as originally suspected: A member of the once-floating museum took them home for safekeeping, police said Thursday. Police began investigating after a caretaker reported the plaques dedicated to Navy seamen killed in World War II gone from the River Street museum last month. As it turned out, "they were in possession of a member of the association," Capt. Peter Buscilgio said. When that person learned of the investigation, "he reached out to the museum a…