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Shelby commissioner fined for funeral home photos
Associated Press
Issue date: 7/9/08 Section: News
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) _ The state Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers has fined Shelby County Commissioner Joe Ford $1,000 and his funeral home an additional $1,000 for allowing photographs to be taken at the business.
The photos were taken by blogger Thaddeus Matthews of the body of 22-year-old Shindri Roberson, one of six people found fatally shot or beaten to death at a Memphis residence March 3.
The board Tuesday cited Ford for not properly securing the room containing the bodies.
The combined $2,000 fine is the maximum allowed. It came as a result of three complaints filed with the funeral board, one from Roberson's family and two from board staff members.
The photos were taken by blogger Thaddeus Matthews of the body of 22-year-old Shindri Roberson, one of six people found fatally shot or beaten to death at a Memphis residence March 3.
The board Tuesday cited Ford for not properly securing the room containing the bodies.
The combined $2,000 fine is the maximum allowed. It came as a result of three complaints filed with the funeral board, one from Roberson's family and two from board staff members.
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