Monday, January 30, 2017

Security camera shows latest vandal damaging Green Lawn Cemetery

Security camera shows latest vandal damaging Green Lawn Cemetery: Yellow caution tape flapped in the wind, crisscrossing the entrance of a mausoleum erected nearly 100 years ago.

It's the latest sign of vandalism at Green Lawn Cemetery, where more than 600 grave sites have been damaged in the past two years at a cost of more than $1 million.

The latest incident occurred on Jan. 9 when a man entered through a broken fence and damaged a mausoleum and eight grave sites before grabbing a fistful of American flags from the graves of veterans and lighting them afire. He tossed the burning flags into a brush pile - an act caught by a security camera - before leaving the cemetery.

"Fences are a lot like locks. They keep honest people out," said Randy Rogers, a trustee on the cemetery's volunteer board.

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