No Prosecution for Dumping Vet's Ashes

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No Prosecution for Dumping Vet's Ashes
December 17, 2009
Tampa Tribune

TAMPA, Fla. -- Police now have a clearer picture on how the cremated remains of a decorated World War II veteran and his wife wound up dumped behind a vacant Tampa college.

But no one will be prosecuted for the illegal dumping, police spokeswoman Andrea Davis said.

The remains of Delbert E. Hahn and his wife, Barbara, were interred this afternoon at Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, nearly three weeks after they were found at an illegal dump site on Busch Boulevard. A couple looking through dumped items found three urns and details on Delbert Hahn's military retirement and medals. Hahn survived the invasion of Normandy and was a two-time Purple Heart recipient.

When a police investigator went to the dump site after the remains were found, he saw eight to 10 piles of garbage and noticed mail with addresses in the piles, Davis said. He determined the garbage all came from homes now owned by a Tampa Bay area company.

Police spoke with the head of that company, who said he had hired another company, All Maintenance and Landscape, to dispose of what had been left behind in the homes. All Maintenance and Landscape's owner, Luciano Prida III, initially denied involvement in removing items from the homes but later said he had paid one of his employees to dump the items, Davis said.


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