A former Tulare Cemetery employee may sue the district after filing a legal claim alleging that he was retaliated against for acting as a whistleblower.
Brian Viera, a 13-year cemetery employee, was fired on March 8, the same day he says he refused to comply with an order to dig up human remains at a burial plot without the family s consent.
He is now seeking more than $10,000 in damages, though a specific amount was not included in the claim.
On March 8, Viera was ordered to disinter the remains of Silvano Martinez. He said he was approached by members of the Martinez family and a Univision 21 news reporter, who told the groundskeeper that the cemetery did not have permission to remove the remains.
Man stabbed to death in Tulare cemetery, police say
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TULARE, Calif. (KFSN) Police believe a 53-year-old man was stabbed to death at a cemetery in Tulare on Monday afternoon.
Tulare police say the incident happened just before 12:20 pm at the 900 block of E Kern.
When officers arrived at the location, they found Jerome Parker with stab wounds. Parker was rushed to the hospital where he later died.
Police have arrested 41-year-old Larry Anthony Johnson, who they say implicated himself and his involvement. Witnesses also placed the blame for the stabbing.
Officers say the suspect s behavior was nervous and erratic but that he surrendered himself to police.
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