Probation for formerworker at Burr Oak
Maurice Dailey, 65, who received three years of probation, is the fourth and final defendant to be sentenced for his role in the infamous scandal uncovered six years ago in Alsip.
A former backhoe operator at the historic Burr Oak Cemetery was sentenced to three years probation Friday for desecrating bodies and removing skeletal remains to sell more graves to unsuspecting families.
Maurice Dailey, 65, is the fourth and final defendant to be sentenced for his role in the infamous scandal uncovered six years ago in Alsip.
For his first year of probation, Dailey was ordered placed under home confinement, according to Tandra Simonton, a spokeswoman for the Cook County state’s attorney’s office. Dailey can leave his residence only for church or medical needs. Judge Joan Margaret O’Brien also ordered Dailey to perform 120 hours of community service.
Dailey, of Robbins, pleaded guilty in July to desecration of human remains, removal of human remains and removal of gravestones or markers at Burr Oak.
In April, brothers Keith and Terrence Nicks were sent behind bars for Burr Oak crimes. O’Brien sentenced 51- year- old former grounds foreman Keith Nicks to six years in prison. His 45- yearold sibling, who worked as a dump- truck driver, was given a three- year sentence.
Ex- Burr Oak cemetery manager Carolyn Towns, 55, is serving a 12- year sentence for her role in the plot.