MERIDEN, Conn. — Around 100 headstones and monuments at the St. Patrick's Cemetery were found to be damaged from vandalism, and now Meriden police are searching for those responsible.

Meriden police said officers conducted a walkthrough of St. Patrick's on Wall Street after receiving several calls from citizens on Tuesday morning regarding the damage.

Police found that nearly 100 headstones and monuments were damaged; some of the headstones that date back to the 1800s were cracked in half, and police don't believe they can be fully repaired.

"It is a Class C felony to desecrate the gravestone markers and for that, you can face up to 10 years in jail and up to a $10,000 fine or both. We're gonna do everything we can and try to leverage that and to figure out who did this and hold them ac

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