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20YO Arrested In Urn Desecration

Police in Kellogg, Idaho have arrested a 20-year-old man for two counts of Grand Theft and two counts of Desecration of a Place of Burial after urns were stolen from the Greenwood Cemetery. Police say sometime between Friday night on Oct. 31 and Nov. 3, someone broke into the cemetery and stole urns from two niches. Ashes from the urns were found scattered all over the cemetery. As part of the investigation, police asked for help on Facebook and even offered up a $5,000 reward for information leading up to the arrest. Police have announced that they did find and arrest 20-year-old Robert McCool in connection to the crime/KHQ. More here.



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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