Multistate Cemetery Theft Ring Busted by Police

Several suspects are in custody after authorities recovered more than 800 vases stolen from cemeteries in Omaha, Nebraska, and Council Bluffs, Iowa, resulting in over $100,000 in losses.

The Council Bluffs Police Department said in a news release that Shane E. Jackson, 52, Kenneth Meyerott, 66, and Miranda M. Shamblin, 27, were arrested on Wednesday. All face charges of first-degree theft related to possession of stolen property and Jackson and Meyerott are also accused of solicitation of a felony.

Frankie S. Diaz-Lopez, 26, is also charged with theft and solicitation while currently jailed in Douglas County, Nebraska, on unrelated charges…

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