US EditionPA man pleads guilty in stolen human remains case
- Joshua Taylor, a 46-year-old man from Wernersville, pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges involving stolen human remains in federal court.
- Taylor pleaded guilty to purchasing and selling body parts that had been illicitly taken from Harvard Medical School between 2018 and 2022.
- Cedric Lodge, a morgue manager at Harvard, stole organs and cadaver parts before scheduled cremations and sold them via social media with his wife Denise Lodge to Taylor and others.
- Taylor admitted transporting stolen remains from New Hampshire to Pennsylvania and selling them, while other defendants in the case have pleaded guilty and received sentences ranging from 15 months to 15 years in prison.
- Taylor faces up to 10 years in prison, highlighting ongoing federal efforts to address interstate trafficking of stolen human remains.
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Berks man pleads guilty to charges in case of stolen human remains from Harvard Medical School
Joshua Taylor admitted that, from 2018 through 2022, he bought human remains that he knew to have been stolen from Harvard Medical School and transported them from New Hampshire to
PA man pleads guilty in stolen human remains case
A Wernersville man has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges he bought and sold human remains that had been stolen from Harvard Medical School. Joshua Taylor, 46, pleaded guilty Thursday before Chief United States District Judge Matthew W. Brann, to interstate transport of stolen human remains, according to a release from Acting United States Attorney John C. Gurganus of the Middle District of Pennsylvania. According to the release: Taylor …
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Berks man pleads guilty in stolen human remains case
A Wernersville man has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges he bought and sold human remains that had been stolen from Harvard Medical School. Joshua Taylor, 46, pleaded guilty Thursday before Chief United States District Judge Matthew W. Brann, to interstate transport of stolen human remains, according to a release from Acting United States Attorney John C. Gurganus of the Middle District of Pennsylvania. According to the release: Taylor …
Pennsylvania Man Pleads Guilty To Transporting Stolen Human Remains From Harvard Medical School
Joshua Taylor, 46, of Wernersville, Pennsylvania, admitted in federal court on Thursday to illegally transporting stolen human remains across state lines. The plea was for charges on stolen remains from Harvard Medical School in Massachusetts. According to Acting United States Attorney John C. Gurganus, Taylor confessed to purchasing human remains between 2018 and 2022, knowing […] Pennsylvania Man Pleads Guilty To Transporting Stolen Human Rema…
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