Not Clear On The Concept
It appears that this asshat is somewhat unclear on the concept of community service:
A 19-year-old man from Salisbury was supposed to be cleaning up a cemetery last week as part of court-ordered community work after he broke into an apartment building last fall.
Instead, officials said, Neil J. Goodwin Jr. invaded the tomb of a Civil War veteran, pulled apart the 142-year-old skeleton, and then played with the bones, balancing the skull on his shoulder and posing for pictures.
‘‘It’s bizarre, absolutely bizarre,” said Lieutenant Richard Siemasko of the Newburyport police. ‘‘I can’t even imagine what was in his head. This is just a whole new level of weird for me.”
Whole new level of weird, indeed.
As usual, it seems like these types delight in taking advantage of lenient judges:
Goodwin’s recent problems with the law began in September 2004, when he was charged with breaking into and entering an ice cream shop in Salisbury. That October, he was arrested on charges of breaking into and entering an apartment building in Newburyport with the intent to steal. Goodwin was placed on probation after both arrests. He broke the terms of his probation earlier this year by neglecting to appear for a court date. He then tested positive for marijuana on a drug test a few months later, again breaking his probation, court records said.
After all that, he was out of jail again and serving community service. Obviously, he just can’t get his stuff together. Some people may be serial killers, but this guy seems to be serial screw-up. But he’s now charged with two felonies for this tomb escapade. Let’s hope the judge is through being lenient and this piece of excrement gets some serious jail time.
Oh, and it turns out that there was a good reason this body was interred in the crypt:
Officials have not yet identified the Civil War veteran, Siemasko said, but according to court documents those interred in the crypt had died of tuberculosis, which is why they were placed in the tomb. Town officials could not say how many bodies were buried inside.
I don’t know how long the bacteria would have survived, but I certainly wouldn’t play around with bones without some kind of BSI gear.