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State tightens laws against grave robbers in Maryland
The 1992 flea market case sparked a new Maryland statute effective Oct 1 criminalizing buying selling or transporting human remains or funerary objects looted from cemeteries. Officials said grave robbing is a growth industry with no victims when no descendants exist, and penalties include up to a year in prison and a $5,000 fine. The coalition will educate flea markets museums and stores across the state about the law while noting Indian and Civil War burial sites are frequent targets.
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Howard County
Barbara Sieg
Coalition To Protect Maryland Burial Sites Inc
Maryland
Gerry Brewster
Baltimore County
Brewster
Mr. Brewster
Sieg
Ellicott City
Richard Hughes
State Office of Archaeology
Hughes
Ed Otter
Rockville
Baltimore
Wheaton