17-03-2008 / United States

USA - NJ Youths Sentenced in Cemetery Desecration

Hundreds of headstones were overturned at a New Brunswick cemetery
New Brunswick cemetery
After toppling 499 headstones in January, four teenagers were sentenced in Middlesex County, NJ.
The judge gave the teens, ages 15-17, 18 months probation, plus paying some of the damages, writing letters of apology, serving 100 hours of "community service keeping community cemeteries clean" and attending "a 12-week course studying the Holocaust."
Source: http://gothamist.com
Date: March 17, 2008


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