JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WCYB) — A man has been charged with theft of property over $250,000 following a cemetery theft, according to the Johnson City Police Department.
Wiley Adams, 42, of Johnson City, was arrested Friday following a Washington County grand jury indictment charging him with theft of property over $250,000, desecration of venerated object, and interference with processions or religious exercises.
The arrest follows an investigation that began on May 19, when the JCPD received a report of a theft at a local cemetery. Investigators developed Adams as a suspect in the theft of several precious metals and vases from the cemetery and the sale of those items to a local scrapyard through the scrapyard’s video surveillance…