The Brief
- A car crashed and smashed into 32 gravestones at First Baptist Dover Cemetery on Sunday morning.
- Deputies with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office arrested Justin Brucker, 46, who faces 21 felony counts.
- First Baptist Church Dover estimates that cemetery repairs could cost between $30,000 and $35,000.
DOVER, Fla. – Dozens of graves were damaged at the First Baptist Dover Cemetery after a car crashed and smashed through the property.
Dover cemetery crash damage
What we know:
Deputies with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office say Justin Brucker drove through the cemetery on Sunday morning. Booking records show the 46-year-old was arrested at 8:36 a.m. Brucker faces 21 counts of removing, disfiguring, destroying and injuring a tomb or monument. Each charge is listed as a third-degree felony.
Cemetery staff say as many as 32 grave sites and headstones were damaged.
Historic headstones knocked over
What they’re saying:…