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Last updated: February 15, 2012 10:03 a.m.

Urns sold for scrap, ashes dumped

Associated Press

CINCINNATI – An Ohio man is accused of stealing cremation urns, dumping the remains and taking the urns to sell for scrap.

Cincinnati Cremation Co. owner Don Catchen told The Cincinnati Enquirer (http://cin.ci/zWtlwM) that three of 20 stolen bronze urns had contained the ashes of deceased people. Those ashes have been found and identified. Catchen said they were still in their original individual plastic bags, hidden on a shelf.

Seventeen of the urns were new, valued at more than $20,000 total.

Former crematory employee Alan Smith was arrested Tuesday on charges of theft, vandalism and damaging a memorial to the dead. The 26-year-old was being held in Hamilton County Jail. No attorney was listed.

The case comes as Cincinnati is preparing to adopt tough new rules to curb sales of stolen scrap metal.

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