Headstones damaged at Oshawa cemetery

Posted April 29, 2014 5:26 pm.

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Vandals have targeted a cemetery in Oshawa knocking over a dozen headstones.

Durham police said it happened sometime over the Easter long weekend at the Union Cemetery on King Street West near Thornton Road.

Damage adds up to almost $3,000.

Police are asking anyone who may know anything about the vandalism or saw something or someone suspicious in the area on Easter weekend to contact them.

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