Chatham-Kent Police Service officials allege: On March 15, 2019 police received information from a municipal worker doing maintenance at Maple Leaf Cemetery that a bronze memorial plaque valued at approximately $2,000 had been pried off the front door of the Legion Chapel.
On March 24, 2019 a local citizen reported that several bronze vases and plaques had been removed from gravesites.
Through investigation, police identified the man responsible and learned that he had sold the items as scrap metal.
Last night, police located and arrested the man.
A 36-year-old Chatham man has been charged with two counts of theft under $5,000 and two counts of being in possession of property obtained by a crime under $5,000.
He was released pending a future court date of April 16, 2019.
