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Updated: 7:12 AM Aug 28, 2009
More Than 100 Graves Vandalized in Point Pleasant Cemetery; Man Arrested
Vandals have targeted Suncrest Cemetery in Point Pleasant, W.Va., toppling or destroying more than 100 headstones.
Posted: 10:46 PM Aug 26, 2009Reporter: Dave Benton Email Address: dave.benton@wsaz.com |
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POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A Point Pleasant man is now under arrest, charged with vandalizing cemetery headstones.
Police Chief Ernie Watterson tells WSAZ.com that Nathan Davis, 25, was arrested around 11:30 Thursday morning.
Davis is charged with 64 counts of desecrating a cemetery, 1 count of petit larceny, and 1 count of placing injurious material in the roadway.
His bond was set at $10,000.
Davis was taken to the Western Regional jail.
Chief Watterson says they have three other suspects in the case; an adult and two juveniles.
ORIGINAL STORY
POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Vandals have targeted Suncrest Cemetery, toppling or destroying more than 100 headstones.
Just about everywhere you look throughout the cemetery in Point Pleasant, you'll find a desecrated gravesite, and police need your help to catch the culprit.
Phyllis Mayes of Point Pleasant said a total of 105 monuments have been toppled over or broken apart by vandals.
"I don't think anything like this has happened in Point Pleasant ever before," she said Wednesday. "We need a cemetery neighborhood watch group."
Police said they have a pretty good idea about who could be responsible and actually have a warrant for one arrest. They're relying on public input, however, before making an arrest.
If you have any information about this crime, you're asked to give the Point Pleasant Police Department a call at 304-675-1104.
Latest Comments
To Macy The Remark You Made About Selling Headstone Insurance Was Cold I Bet You Go Around Destorying Grave Yards Your Self Do You Think This Is A Joke I Fill Sorry For You Making A Remark Like That Got Me Very Up Set Your A Idiot This Was Not The Time Or Place For Such A Remark People Are Hurting Here For This Disgrace That Was Done To Their Loved Ones Final Resting Place If You Were Any Man Or Woman At All You Should Repost And Tell People Your Sorry For That Uncalled Remark You Have A Heart Of Stone Shame On You.
my name is mike and my phone number is 304-593-8835. i think its bs that the victems have to pay for the stones being put back up. if u need help putting one back up physically so as not to have to pay the fee, give me a call and we can try to do it. i apologise to all it happened to on behalf of these boys
This a 25 year old man, not a kid. He surely knows right from wrong. What I do not understand is what kind of "joy" do you get from doing something this stupid. I think when your as old as he is it is time to stop blaming the parents. I would like to see him have to work at put each and every stone back and paying for the damaged ones, make him dig a few graves and mow the place. Maybe then he would begin to get an idea of what he did is wrong. But I seriously doubt it. Look at him. He does not have a clue.
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