Cemetery worker stole veterans' headstones to lay floor for garage: Police

[spaminator]

Cemetery worker stole veterans' headstones to lay floor for garage: Police
Kevin Maynard used to work at Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery
Postmedia Network
First posted: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 08:34 PM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 08:39 PM EDT
A cemetery worker in the U.S. allegedly used headstones of fallen soldiers as paving stones to complete his garage makeover.
Kevin Maynard, 59, who used to work at the Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery, was arraigned Monday in federal court. According to local media accounts, he is expected to plead guilty to theft of government property.
When stones of dead servicemen in the U.S. fade or crack over time, they are supposed to be destroyed with honours, and then the Department of Veterans Affairs replaces them.
But police say Maynard took 150 stones home — many of them still inscribed with the names of soldiers — to build a floor for his garage.
Police said they discovered Maynard's Ford truck parked on top of the markers. One inscribed with the name of a Second World War veteran who died in 2011 was placed face up.
They believe Maynard had been moving the headstones a few at a time since 2009.
Gravestones used in a carport near the home of Kevin Maynard, a former VA cemetery worker in Rhode Island are pictured in this court handout photo. Maynard is accused of stealing more than 150 gravestones for use in the driveway. Handout/Postmedia Network
Gravestones used in a carport near the home of Kevin Maynard, a former VA cemetery worker in Rhode Island are pictured in this court handout photo. Maynard is accused of stealing more than 150 gravestones for use in the driveway. Handout/Postmedia Network

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[Tecumsehsbones]

They paid the ultimate price for his freedom. And for his free garage flooring!

 

[taxslave]

From the article I'm guessing that had the headstones not belonged to vets it wouldn't be a problem.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

From the article I'm guessing that had the headstones not belonged to vets it wouldn't be a problem.

Had they not belonged to vets, the problem would be what the heck were they doing in a veterans' graveyard?

 

[taxslave]

Visiting?

 

[Kathie Bondar]

I understand cemetery workers are like all others: the good and the rotten.
Grave sites are not forever, but purchased for a specific length of time, I think 30 years.The one I heard was about cemetery workers keeping an eye on graves that are not visited. When quite certain it has been abandoned (for whatever reason) the body is moved to a common ditch and the grave resold.

 

[taxslave]

I understand cemetery workers are like all others: the good and the rotten.
Grave sites are not forever, but purchased for a specific length of time, I think 30 years.The one I heard was about cemetery workers keeping an eye on graves that are not visited. When quite certain it has been abandoned (for whatever reason) the body is moved to a common ditch and the grave resold.

Maybe where you live. My grandmother has been living in the same hole since 1929

 

[grainfedpraiboy]

My understanding is he was taking headstones that were slated for demolition as they were being replaced for various reasons with new markers. Essentially he was recycling the former headstones. Had they been crushed and he covered his driveway then it would be OK? Where do the crushed headstones go now? As fill in landfills?

I think headstones that are replaced due to weathering or age should be used as the paving stones of walkways in parks and what not. I wouldn't find that disrespectful and in fact, most of the older vets came from a generation when frugality and resourcefulness were prized much higher than excessive consumption.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

My understanding is he was taking headstones that were slated for demolition as they were being replaced for various reasons with new markers. Essentially he was recycling the former headstones. Had they been crushed and he covered his driveway then it would be OK? Where do the crushed headstones go now? As fill in landfills?

I think headstones that are replaced due to weathering or age should be used as the paving stones of walkways in parks and what not. I wouldn't find that disrespectful and in fact, most of the older vets came from a generation when frugality and resourcefulness were prized much higher than excessive consumption.

I have the same understanding, and I thing your solution is excellent.

 

[JLM]

My understanding is he was taking headstones that were slated for demolition as they were being replaced for various reasons with new markers. Essentially he was recycling the former headstones. Had they been crushed and he covered his driveway then it would be OK? Where do the crushed headstones go now? As fill in landfills?

I think headstones that are replaced due to weathering or age should be used as the paving stones of walkways in parks and what not. I wouldn't find that disrespectful and in fact, most of the older vets came from a generation when frugality and resourcefulness were prized much higher than excessive consumption.

Yep, "Waste not want not".

 

[B00Mer]

What a dick...

 

[EagleSmack]

I understand cemetery workers are like all others: the good and the rotten.
Grave sites are not forever, but purchased for a specific length of time, I think 30 years.The one I heard was about cemetery workers keeping an eye on graves that are not visited. When quite certain it has been abandoned (for whatever reason) the body is moved to a common ditch and the grave resold.

This has to be one of the most... interesting(?) ...posts I've seen in awhile! Are you living in N. America?