{"id":373992,"date":"2026-07-06T13:09:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T03:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=373992"},"modified":"2026-07-06T13:16:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T03:16:32","slug":"six-charged-after-cemetery-damaged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2026\/07\/06\/six-charged-after-cemetery-damaged\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Charged After Cemetery Damaged"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_373963\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-373963\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260703cemetery.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-373963 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260703cemetery.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260703cemetery.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260703cemetery-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260703cemetery-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260703cemetery-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260703cemetery-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260703cemetery-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-373963\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FLASHBACK: Some of the damage done at Cherbourg Cemetery last week (Photos: Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>July 6, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Police have charged five youths and an 18-year-old man after an investigation into the wilful damage of graves at Cherbourg last week.<\/p>\n<p>About 4:30am on Friday, police received reports a fence and several headstones in the cemetery had been damaged after being driven over.<\/p>\n<p>When officers arrived at the scene, they located a 2017 Toyota RAV4 and a 2006 Honda Accord, stolen from Wieden Street in Kingaroy about 3:30am the same day.<\/p>\n<p>A third vehicle, a black 2012 Citroen C5 &#8211; stolen from Avoca Street in Kingaroy on July 2 &#8211; was found burnt out a short time later.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The offences the six people have been charged with:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>14-year-old Cherbourg boy<\/strong> &#8211; 4 x enter a dwelling and commit an indictable offence;\u00a0 4 x unlawful use of a motor vehicle; enter premises with intent; enter a dwelling with intent; wilful damage; and unlicensed driving. He appeared in the Caloundra Children&#8217;s Court on July 4.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>15-year-old Cherbourg boy<\/strong> &#8211; unlawful use of a motor vehicle. He is due to appear in Murgon Children&#8217;s Court on July 14.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>17-year-old Kingaroy boy<\/strong> &#8211; unlawful use of a motor vehicle. He is due to appear in Kingaroy Children&#8217;s Court on August 3.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>17-year-old Kingaroy boy<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0 2 x stealing a motor vehicle; 2 x enter a dwelling and commit an indictable offence; enter premises with intent&#8217; and attempted enter dwelling with intent. He was due to appear in Kingaroy Children&#8217;s Court on Monday (July 6).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>17-year-old Cherbourg boy<\/strong> &#8211; enter a dwelling and commit an indictable offence; unlawful use of a motor vehicle; and wilful damage. He has been dealt with under the provisions of the Youth Justice Act.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>18-year-old Kingaroy man<\/strong> &#8211; unlawful use of a motor vehicle. He was due to appear in Kingaroy Magistrates Court on Monday (July 6).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Investigations are continuing.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2026\/07\/03\/car-thieves-trash-cemetery\/\">Car Thieves Trash Cemetery<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police have charged five youths and an 18-year-old man after an investigation into the wilful damage of graves at Cherbourg last week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":373963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,24],"tags":[1132],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Six Charged After Cemetery Damaged - southburnett.com.au<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Police have charged five youths and an 18-year-old man after an investigation into the wilful damage of graves at Cherbourg last week.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2026\/07\/06\/six-charged-after-cemetery-damaged\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Six Charged After Cemetery Damaged - 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