Delaware cemetery vandalized, ruled as hate crime

Monday, November 2, 2015
CLAYMONT, Del. (WPVI) -- Delaware State Police have launched a hate crime investigation after someone vandalized a cemetery.

It happened sometime over the weekend at the Foreman-Massey Cemetery, which is operated by the Byrd's African Methodist Episcopal Church in Clayton.
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Headstones were spray painted with vulgar images and swastikas.

Some grave markers were knocked over and another had its foundation kicked in.

So far, police haven't named any suspects.
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