Fleming Cemetery Destruction List user
5/30/2006, 3:06:44 AM (This is an article from today's Syracuse newspaper 5/30/06. Note the Sheriff's odd name, Outhouse, which I've heard of him before. This cemetery I visited last year and included in a report and made mention there were no Fleming's buried in Fleming. The newspaper article showed photos of the ruined stones. The guy actually lost the tip of his finger in the course of toppling stones, to bad he didn't loose an arm.....................) Fleming(N.Y.) cemetery vandalized on Memorial Day Cayuga County Sheriff deputies arrested a 26-year-old Auburn man Monday in connection with the vandalism of more than 50 headstones at St. Joseph's Cemetery in Fleming. Adam Warner, 26, of Auburn, faces charges of criminal mischief, criminal trespass and cemetery desecration, Sheriff Rob Outhouse said. He said the sheriff's office was processing the paperwork late Monday afternoon. Warner was arrested for allegedly toppling over 53 headstones at the cemetery located near Owasco Lake. Sheriff Rob Outhouse said the suspect maintains that he acted alone. Some of the headstones suffered damage, said Mitchell Fanning, the cemetery administrator. Fanning said he received a call from sheriff deputies at 5 a.m. Monday. It appeared the individual entered at the entrance at the southeast corner by the traffic circle and proceeded north through the cemetery, knocking over headstones, Fanning said. The individual injured his finger during the incident, Fanning said. "The cemetery's going to do it's best to get as much as this straightened and cleaned up as quickly as possible," Fanning said. "Our hearts just go out to all the families that are affected by this, this absolute desecration of cemetery grounds."
-- Cemetery Reports
