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Criminal

May 4, 2006

Couple's Graveyard High Jinks Rattle Humboldt County DA

SAN FRANCISCO - Well, they won't have the late Humboldt County District Attorney Kenneth Newett Jr. to kick around anymore. In one of the more ghoulish criminal cases in recent memory, a young homeless couple faces felony charges for breaking into Newett's crypt in a Eureka cemetery, taking his skull, pulling out the gold fillings with a knife and then playing soccer with the skull on a softball field.

By Donna Domino
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      Well, they won't have the late Humboldt County District Attorney Kenneth Newett Jr. to kick around anymore.
      In one of the more ghoulish criminal cases in recent memory, a young homeless couple faces felony charges for breaking into Newett's crypt in a Eureka cemetery, taking his skull, pulling out the gold fillings with a ...

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