Jim:

You were exactly right to do what you did. I was appalled when I saw the posting. I know that there are severe criminal and civil penalties on the Federal side; I just don't know what they are. I have seen hints once or twice before that some rogue collectors dealt in gravestones, but I frankly didn't believe it, until now.

My recolelction is that Desecretion of a Grave carries a 10 year/and or $10,000 fine in South Carolina, and I suspect that the Federal penalty is at least as much.