Patrick Vereb Sr., the 72-year-old owner of Eternity Pet Memorial in western Pennsylvania, has pleaded guilty to felony theft charges for taking more than $650,000 from pet owners who paid for cremations and burials. Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced the plea on October 22, 2026. The owner admitted the charges, which include first-degree theft by deception, and his bail was revoked that day.
The people most affected are pet owners in Allegheny, Armstrong, Washington and Westmoreland counties, where the Attorney General says more than 6,500 victims have been identified. Anyone who paid Eternity directly, or through a veterinarian who sent a pet there, between 2021 and 2024 is in the group the case describes. The open question is what those families can do now, since the announcement does not mention restitution…