Men Pitching Headstones Over Wall Held for Theft
NEW YORK — Two men were caught early Thursday pitching copper headstones over a fence and into a shopping cart at Most Holy Trinity Cemetery in Brooklyn, a police spokeswoman said.
They were charged with criminal trespass, grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property.
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