A 34-year-old man from Ephrata, faces up to 500 charges after investigators say he stole and desecrated more than 100 human remains from Philadelphia’s Mount Moriah Cemetery.
A man accused of theft of graves in the United States appeared in Delaware County court on Friday (17) and proceeded to answer almost 500 new charges in the case. According to the WTXF broadcaster, Fox's affiliate in Philadelphia, Jonathan Gerlach gave up the right to a preliminary hearing, while prosecutors included new allegations of thefts in nearby county cemeteries. Between skulls and bones, U.S. police arrested a man with more than 100 rem…