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Board seeks follow-up after sheriff seized headstone at Cedar Lane cemetery; places owner case on future agenda
Summary
The Burial Sites Preservation Board discussed a Cedar Lane property where a headstone was seized by the sheriff’s office after site disturbance and agreed to place a formal recommendation on a future agenda asking the owner to permit a site visit and the headstone’s return.
Caroline County’s Burial Sites Preservation Board discussed a prior incident at a Cedar Lane property where a headstone was removed and the sheriff’s office seized it as evidence. The board reported it sent a letter to the property owner about 30 days earlier asking that the county and Maryland Historical Trust be allowed to assess and stabilize the site.
The board cannot take a final vote on measures affecting an individual property outside a public notice process, board attorney Jesse Pemmick told members. “At this point, we ... can’t take a vote to actually do anything with regard to [the owner] because he has due process,” Pemmick said, noting the owner must be given…
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