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Vandals topple 18 gravestones at New Maysville Cemetery

Monday, November 8, 2021
Police are seeking information on who may have vandalized New Maysville Cemetery over the weekend, toppling 18 headstones in the process.
Courtesy Putnam County Sheriff’s Office

NEW MAYSVILLE — A local cemetery was vandalized over the weekend, with nearly 20 gravestones toppled in the process.

While on patrol Saturday morning, Cpl. Brian Helmer of the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office discovered that several gravestones at the New Maysville Cemetery had been vandalized overnight.

In total, 18 of the headstones had been knocked down.

Fortunately the groundskeeper for the graveyard was able to remount all headstones with minimal actual damage.

Anyone with any information regarding any suspect(s) in this incident is urged to come forward. There may have been other acts of vandalism committed by the same suspect(s) overnight.

Anyone who observed anything suspicious or who has possible video footage is encouraged to send a private message at www.facebook.com/PCSDSheriff that will then get relayed to Cpl. Helmer.

Additionally, PCSO has an anonymous tip phone line at 653-1810, then press *2 .

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  • To follow up, there was actually significant damage done. Mostly in the older cemetery on the north side of the roadway. About 15-20 tablet type stones were pushed over and broken, several in multiple pieces. This will require extensive repairs which will run in the thousands.

    -- Posted by ltippin on Mon, Nov 8, 2021, at 2:16 PM

  • This is very sad. I hate to hear of all the vandalism such as the cemetary and all the stuff at Bainbridge Elementary.

    -- Posted by infiremanemt on Mon, Nov 8, 2021, at 2:20 PM

  • To reset those headstones requires equipment, time and hard work. To minimize the vandalism by saying there was "minimal actual damage" gives the impression that the action was not a big deal. It will require extensive effort and cost to reset the heavy, obelisk headstones and for anyone who tries to repair the broken tablet stones.

    -- Posted by LJScott on Tue, Nov 9, 2021, at 10:20 AM

  • I really hope the sherriff and State police are doing their best to track down the trash that did this damage!!!!

    -- Posted by becker on Wed, Nov 10, 2021, at 7:43 AM

  • I remember about 50 years back some teens did this at the Roachdale Cemetery. When caught the teens not only had to make restitution but the Judge took their license and ordered them to walk to and from school.

    -- Posted by Alfred E. on Thu, Nov 11, 2021, at 11:45 AM
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