2 arrested after 150-plus headstones vandalized at Tennessee cemeteries

LEBANON, Tenn. — Authorities in Lebanon, Tennessee, arrested two men Saturday night in connection with the desecration of more than 150 headstones at cemeteries across the city.

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Justin Elmer, 31, and Jeremy Heaton, 23, have each been charged with one count of vandalism over $60,000, after officers with the Lebanon Police Department discovered more than 150 headstone markers overturned and damaged in the Cedar Grove and Wilson County Memorial cemeteries on Saturday morning, WKRN-TV reported.

Both suspects also confessed to vandalism at the Lebanon Country Club, WTVF reported.

Police officials, who estimated the damage to the cemeteries totaled tens of thousands of dollars, confirmed to WKRN that additional charges against Elmer and Heaton are expected. See the damage shared below by the Lebanon Police Department.