This kid rode the short bus!

around lunchtime on Thursday, the 25th of August 2005 by Chad

This kids parents should be proud…

Man Accused in Civil War Vet’s Desecration

NEWBURYPORT, Mass. (AP) — A young man performing court-ordered community service in a cemetery has been charged with desecrating a Civil War-era tomb, pulling apart the skeleton, and posing for pictures with the skull and other bones.

“It’s bizarre, absolutely bizarre,” police Lt. Richard Siemasko said. “I can’t even imagine what was in his head. This is just a whole new level of weird for me.”

Of course, based on the final paragraph…

The crypt houses members of the Pierce family who died of tuberculosis between 1863 and 1899, including Civil War veteran Willard Balch Pierce. Police had trouble identifying the dismembered corpse because vandals who ransacked the crypt decades ago stole the silver nameplates that accompany each body, Siemasko said.

I can’t quite remember just how long tuberculosis remains contagious…