Man arrested for allegedly desecrating over 200 graves in South Idaho cemeteries
The Canyon County Sheriffs Office arrested 22-year-old Aspen S. Curtis in connection with reported thefts from headstones across the Treasure Valley, according to the Boise Police Department.
Curtis is suspected of stealing over 200 vases from headstones in three cemeteries in Caldwell, Boise and Meridian. Curtis has been charged with burglary, grand theft, and desecrating a grave. He is currently being held in the Canyon County jail while the charges pend.
The vases were stolen from the Terrace Lawn Memorial Gardens, Cloverdale Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens and Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. The thefts will cost all three which are under the umbrella of Carriage Cemetery Services of Idaho Inc. about $100,000 to replace.
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