1,600 headstones, plaques stolen or damaged in repeat thefts at historic Compton cemetery

Disturbing new surveillance video shows three thieves stealing headstones from a historic cemetery in Compton on New Year’s Day.

It’s the final resting place of 18 Civil War veterans and is a Los Angeles County landmark. This is not the first time the historic cemetery has been targeted.

It keeps happening — headstones and plaques vandalized and stolen from graves at the Woodlawn Celestial Gardens…

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