A mess of headstones and trampled flowers are still strewn on a slope in a Grand Rapids cemetery.
On late Friday night or early Saturday morning, at least eleven headstones at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery were knocked off their foundations and additional items — vases and a grave marker for a veteran — were damaged.
As of Tuesday morning, the Grand Rapids Police Department said its investigation into the alleged vandalism is “ongoing.”
A statement from the Diocese of Grand Rapids Catholic Cemeteries, posted on a sign at the cemetery, says it is working with the department and will contact the families of those whose gravesites were damaged.
“Disgusted. Sad that it happened to their graves,” said John Rusilowski, whose “big Polish family” is buried at the cemetery…