WILLIAMSPORT -- Vandals wreaked havoc on a "silent city of the dead" Sunday, knocking over several dozen large tombstones at Riverview Cemetery in Williamsport.
On Monday, a citizen out for a morning walk reported the damage to town employees, said Donnie Stotelmyer, town clerk.
For years, Wilma Moats' father took care of the graveyard for the town of Williamsport. On Monday afternoon, Moats sat on her father's front porch on Vermont Street, across from the cemetery, shaking her head as she discussed the damage.
"It's terrible," she said. "Whoever did it ought to be shot," Moats said.
Two Washington County Sheriff's deputies on Monday afternoon were dusting for fingerprints on the damaged tombstones, taking care not to use any chemicals that would cause further damage.
Between 50 and 55 tombstones were knocked down, Deputy Corey McCarthy said. Of those, about five stones were cracked, he said. The damage was probably done Sunday night, McCarthy said.