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| Title: | US NY: Cemetery Desecrator Says He Was Mad At Pot Dealer |
| Published On: | 2005-06-04 |
| Source: | Watertown Daily Times (NY) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-16 11:34:57 |
CEMETERY DESECRATOR SAYS HE WAS MAD AT POT DEALER
TROY - Angry at his marijuana dealer, an upstate New York man said he
damaged graves near the burial site of the man who became known as
Uncle Sam.
Ricky Rockenstire, 32, of Troy pleaded guilty to first-degree cemetery
desecration Thursday. He will get a year in Rensselaer County Jail for
the March 18 rampage, which authorities said caused more than $6,000
in damage to 50 gravestones and statues around the monument to Samuel
Wilson, the Troy meatpacker whose Uncle Sam nickname became a national
icon.
Rockenstire told the judge Thursday he was mad at his marijuana dealer
at the time and just snapped. He has been ordered to pay more than
$3,000 in restitution.
TROY - Angry at his marijuana dealer, an upstate New York man said he
damaged graves near the burial site of the man who became known as
Uncle Sam.
Ricky Rockenstire, 32, of Troy pleaded guilty to first-degree cemetery
desecration Thursday. He will get a year in Rensselaer County Jail for
the March 18 rampage, which authorities said caused more than $6,000
in damage to 50 gravestones and statues around the monument to Samuel
Wilson, the Troy meatpacker whose Uncle Sam nickname became a national
icon.
Rockenstire told the judge Thursday he was mad at his marijuana dealer
at the time and just snapped. He has been ordered to pay more than
$3,000 in restitution.
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