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Grave Robber Arrest In Swatara Township: Police Grave Robber Arrest In Swatara Township: Police
Grave Robber Arrest In Swatara Township: Police The man who stole a grave monument from a cemetery has been identified and arrested, Swatara Township police announced on Friday, Sept. 27.  Anthony Reyes-Pabon, 24, of Harrisburg has been charged in connection with the theft of a grave monument at the William Howard Day Cemetery.  Reyes-Pabon was charged with Theft by Unlawful Taking, Institutional Vandalism of a Cemetery, and Desecration of Venerated Objects.  He was taken into custody on Friday, Sept. 26.  His preliminary hearing was held before Judge Rebecca Jo Margerum at 11:45 a.m. where bail was set at…

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by Jillian Pikora
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40 Graves Damaged At Central Pennsylvania Cemetery: Police 40 Graves Damaged At Central Pennsylvania Cemetery: Police
40 Graves Damaged At Central Pennsylvania Cemetery: Police Approximately 40 grave markers were knocked over, many of which were destroyed in a central Pennsylvania cemetery on Saturday, September 10, police say. The vandalism happened at the Starview Union Cemetery in the first block of Codorus Furnace Road in East Manchester Township, according to York County Regional police. The police believe the damage happened on Saturday evening. Anyone with information is asked to call York County Regional police at 717-747-0716 ext 134, or submit a tip through CrimeWatch.

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by Jillian Pikora
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$50 MILLION LAWSUIT: Bergen Funeral Home Mixed Up Bodies, Sent Wrong Woman’s Corpse To Cemetery $50 MILLION LAWSUIT: Bergen Funeral Home Mixed Up Bodies, Sent Wrong Woman’s Corpse To Cemetery
$50 Million Lawsuit: Bergen Funeral Home Mixed Up Bodies, Sent Wrong Woman’s Corpse To Cemetery Mourners were saying their final goodbyes to a beloved Bergen County grandmother when, at the last instant, the graveside service was abruptly halted. It turns out the body of the 93-year-old Korean woman whose death they were mourning in a Westchester cemetery had been left back at the funeral home in New Jersey. Another corpse had been dressed in her clothing, placed in the casket and brought that morning to a funeral in Leonia. It was then driven 25 miles north in a procession to Valhalla, NY. The body had already been lowered into the grave when the mistake was finally acknowledge…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Cemetery Chase By PA Police From Multiple Counties Catches Wanted Man Cemetery Chase By PA Police From Multiple Counties Catches Wanted Man
Cemetery Chase By PA Police From Multiple Counties Catches Wanted Man A man on probation, who was wanted in Dauphin County has been arrested after a chase through a Cumberland County cemetery on Apr. 22, police say. Troy Deandre Reid, 26, of Penbrook was working at a Cumberland County cemetery in the 1800 block of Carlisle Road when he sent police on a foot chase around 2 p.m., according to a release by Lower Allen Township police. They wanted to serve their arrest warrants when Reid first took off in a utility vehicle "before bailing and fleeing on foot," as stated in the release. He led them through the cemetery into the woods by a creek before being arres…

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by Jillian Pikora