Halton Regional Police have arrested two suspects in connection with more than 300 thefts from graves across southern Ontario.
The rash of daytime thefts over the past several months targeted a number of cremation niches in Oakville, Burlington, Toronto, and the Niagara region, where jewelry, urns, souvenirs and valuable items stored in urns were robbed, according to police.
“The accused would attend a cemetery and enter the mausoleums,” Halton Regional Police said in a Nov. 17 release. “Once inside, they would use a tool to enter niche compartments and steal jewelry or other valuables.”
Police allege the thieves would discard the human remains and sell the valuables through private sales or at pawn shops….