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Homeless man guards vandalism-prone graveyard

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    Volunteer caretaker given shelter by cash-strapped city in exchange for keeping watch over cemetery

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Easy to stop the persistent and yet the ultimate results -- Terry -- latency it.

Police department have to find solutions that was so -- think outside the box never my -- -- my meal where Syrian.

Graveyard that's where new volunteer caretaker Donald Oliver comes in it's senseless it doesn't make anything.

Whose job is -- making sure this doesn't happen to any more headstone the memorial.

That have been here before California with the state.

Notice shorts that Oliver was homeless for three years that's been a lot of his time helping others and the police.

Deal with the homeless population now hits home is this trailer provided by the police.

In exchange for keeping an eye out for vandals need to -- every film this story.

And you know it represents alive -- -- Here now and you can respect that.

Reporter -- of the cemetery commission says it's frustrating for her volunteers to make repairs.

Only to have vandals strike again by breaking in through the gate to recent break in caused nearly 30000 dollars of damage we're hoping that it -- -- at.

Future analysts.

Expect that only he flopped but it's clean away years of -- from the area he says he's seen a lot of homeless people give up he's been there.

Aggregate and I -- stated -- Woodrow close.

Prospective the trust of the cops but he also helping himself and that's -- to do now and it's worthwhile.