A Chatham man has been charged after a theft from a cemetery.
On March 15, 2019, police received information from a municipal worker doing maintenance at a cemetery that a bronze memorial plaque, valued at $2,000 had been pried off a front door of the Legion Chapel.
Then this past weekend, a several bronze vases and plaques had been removed from grave sites.
Police were able to identify a suspect and learned the suspect had sold the items as scrap metal.
Jonathan Stass, 36, of Chatham has been charged with theft under $5,000 and possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000.