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Grand jury indicts diver involved in rock flap
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Another Ohio resident faces possible jail time in the ongoing squabble between Kentucky and Ohio over an eight-ton boulder known as the Indian Head Rock.
A Greenup County special grand jury indicted David G. Vetter of Portsmouth, Ohio, Thursday on a felony charge of removing a protected archaeological object. Vetter, 54, was allegedly one of the divers who helped pull the massive and historic rock from the river, Greenup County Commonwealth’s Attorney Cliff Duvall said.
A call seeking comment was left with Vetter.
The historic rock bears numerous carvings of initials, names and a crude face and was once an attraction for locals. It had been submerged since about the 1920s until last September, when a local historian led a team to extract it.
The boulder now sits in a city garage in Portsmouth, Ohio.
Historian Steve Shaffer was indicted on the same charge as Vetter last month. He pleaded not guilty Thursday to the Class D felony, punishable by up to five years in prison.
