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🚨We were told if we post this, their attorneys will send us letters. Oh well. These two individuals are accused of ripping more than 100 bronze memorial vases from graves at a Maryland cemetery just to sell them for scrap.

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— Blue Lives Matter (@bluelivesmtr) July 25, 2026

🚨We were told if we post this, their attorneys will send us letters. Oh well. These two individuals are accused of ripping more than 100 bronze memorial vases from graves at a Maryland cemetery just to sell them for scrap.

Trey Franklin Mason, 25, and David Anthony Downing, 34, both of Waldorf, face charges after detectives recovered over 100 bronze vases stolen from Trinity Memorial Gardens in Charles County.

The thefts occurred in June and early July and are valued at more than $100,000.

Authorities say the pair targeted the cemetery on multiple occasions, damaging headstones and leaving grieving families without the memorials placed for their loved ones.

Mason was arrested July 9 and Downing on July 16. Both are charged with theft scheme, destruction of property, fraud and related offenses and are being held without bond.

Stealing from the dead for scrap metal is a special kind of low.

These men picked the graves of Maryland families as their target.

Send us your letters, guys. We know just what to do with them.