Lady Liberty Still Missing from Brooklyn's Vox Pop Coffee Shop

The Lady Liberty statue stolen from the Vox Pop Coffee Shop in the early morning hours of Monday morning is still missing. The police have been notified and staff and customers of the coffee shop are taking matters into their own hands by posting fliers and trying to get the word out far and wide.

The statue in question is an 8 ft replica of the Statue of Liberty, which usually stands outside Vox Pop, the popular local cafe in Ditmas Park.

Lady Liberty has been a fixture in the neighborhood for a long time. It was recently refurbished by a Ditmas Park local, who added a solar powered torch. As reported on OTBKB it was reinstalled as recently as last week.

That's what's so shocking. No one can figure out how or why anyone would take the statue. "Whoever took it must have planned this out. It was no simple prank because she was bolted into five foot wooden anchors, and wouldn't have fit into an ordinary size car or van," said Debi Ryan, who runs Vox Pop.

Photo Tom Martinez