Police busted a man they think is responsible for stealing more than $110,000 worth of bronze funeral urns from an El Mirage cemetery.
The Arizona Republic reports a monthlong investigation ended in the arrest of a man identified as Jose Lopez who police say stole 180 bronze vases from grave sites at the Sun West Funeral Home.
Police booked Lopez into jail on suspicion of trafficking in stolen property, facilitation and forgery.
The stolen vases were returned to the funeral home.
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