Former Rhode Island Cemetery Worker Arrested For Stealing Grave Markers

MIDDLETOWN, R.I. — A Rhode Island man has been arrested for allegedly damaging graves and taking grave markers from a Middletown cemetery. Police say that Kendall Maloney, 32, faces three counts of breaking and entering, desecration of a grave and removal of markers from veterans’ graves. Middletown Police Capt. Jason Ryan told WJAR-TV during a phone interview on Tuesday that Maloney was a former employee of the cemetery and was selling the statues to a scrapyard in Westport. According to a police report, Maloney worked for Newport Memorial Park as a maintenance and grounds worker. A voicemail seeking comment was left Wednesday with Maloney’s public defender.