WILLIAMSBURG — Two Williamsburg teenagers were charged with felony vandalism and felony breaking and entering Tuesday after more than 150 headstones were toppled or damaged at the Williamsburg Township Cemetery early Monday.

        Some of the tombstones were more than 200 years old. The boys, ages 13 and 14, were arrested Tuesday morning, police said.

        “They both confessed and they've both been charged,” Williamsburg Police Chief Jim Fritz said.

        “Information was obtained by one of the investigators. We brought the suspects in and questioned them, and they did confess to having been involved.”

        The teens told police they were in the cemetery for no more than 90 minutes between 1 and 3 a.m. Monday.

        Chief Fritz said 164 headstones were disturbed. A damage estimate was not available, but about 20 percent of the affected headstones were damaged.

        Earl Whiteman, the cemetery sexton, said it was the worst damage he has seen in 23 years as the cemetery's caretaker.

        The cemetery houses three generations of Williamsburg families, with the oldest section dating to 1792.

        The boys didn't share any motivation for the vandalism, the police chief said.

        “They only explanation they gave us is they were bored,” Chief Fritz said.

        E-mail: daveck@fuse.net

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