Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Investigators have arrested and charged a Pennsylvania man accused of ransacking a southwest Philadelphia cemetery of human skeletal remains, authorities said Thursday.
Jonathan Gerlach, 34, of Ephrata, Pa., was arrested Tuesday night at Mount Moriah Cemetery, the Delaware County District Attorney's Office said in a statement.
Police were conducting surveillance of the cemetery following reports that it had been burglarized since November.
Officers observed the suspect's car with numerous bones and skulls in plain view in the back seat at around 8 p.m. The suspect was then observed exiting the cemetery with a burlap bag, crowbar and other items, and was then taken into police custody.
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