Published on: 03/14/08
The CEO of a Gwinnett funeral home wants to pursue civil charges against the people who posted a video of a cremation at the home on the popular Web site YouTube.
According to a police report, Rick Johnson, the chief executive officer of Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, says he came across the 32-second video on YouTube after performing a Google search of his business.
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He says the clip was titled "Body burning in Wages Funeral home in Lawrenceville Ga" and possibly was recorded by a cell phone camera.
Johnson says the video shows a person opening a hatch to a crematory oven during the end of a cremation and an individual in front of the camera makes a comment about seeing the body's skull.
The video, which was posted December 25th, has since been removed after Johnson's attorneys filed an injunction against YouTube owner Google.
District Attorney Danny Porter says local police have identified the people who made and posted the video.
Although the funeral home wanted to file criminal charges, Porter says he's been unable to find a statute that would make posting the video a crime.
Porter says it's not clear in the video if a cremated body is shown.



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