A 21-year-old Gowanda man is facing charges after an investigation into the theft of several headstones from cemeteries in Gowanda and Springville. A joint investigation by Gowanda Police and the Erie County Sheriff's Office, led to charges being placed against Shawn Blanc. The Sheriff's Office charging Blanc with a felony count of cemetery desecration and felony criminal mischief. Gowanda Police are charging Blanc with two counts of felony cemetery descration, one county of felony criminal mischief and petit larceny. Seven headstones, some dating back to the 1800's, were taken from grave sites in Cemetery Hill and Maplewood Cemetery.
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