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Local real estate developer Tim Harris is offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those who vandalized Fairview Cemetery sometime late June 19 or early June 20.

Anyone with information on the identity of the culprits is asked to call the TIPS Hotline, 474-TIPS (8477). Tips can also be submitted online at kccrimestoppers.com. Information will be kept confidential.

Liberty Police Chief Craig Knouse said he hoped the reward would convince someone with information on the widespread destruction to come forward.

“Tim was so outraged by this that he wanted to do what he could do to help apprehend whoever did this,” Knouse said.

As a veteran police officer, Knouse said he had seen much mindless vandalism but not to the extent done at Fairview. Vandals toppled or damaged 176 tombstones in the oldest section of the cemetery. Some grave markers, dating back to the early 1800s, may not be repairable, said Paul Victor, president of Historic Liberty.

For more information, see the July 2 edition of the Liberty Tribune.

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written by G. Miller, June 30, 2009

My mother called me today and told me someone vandalized my daddys grave headstone . This is not acceptable , no cameras , maybe you can set up some for night vision ! Mom spent alot of money to bury my daddy and get him a nice headstone . MORE SECURITY IS NEEDED . i NEED A JOB AND IF I WERE THERE WOULD WATCH . What are the police doing ?

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written by G. Miller, August 05, 2009

I here you got dads grave cleaned up , i live in Macon and can't get up there , i have no car of my own . I want to thank the people who are working hard to solve this and to the ones who cleaned up the mess , May God Bless You !

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