Man Arrested for Robbing Graveyard
Greenville – A Greenville man remains in Mercer County Jail, unable to pay $75,000 in bail after being arrested for the November 14th theft of bronze flower vases and veteran’s grave markers. 36-year-old Cody James Brown allegedly stole more than 50 bronze flower vases, each valued at $300, and an undisclosed amount of veteran’s grave markers, then defaced them with a grinder to sell as scrap. He was arrested Friday and charged with receiving stolen property, theft or sale of venerated objects, desecration, and about half a dozen traffic offenses. Greenville Police say that they have security footage of Brown bringing multiple loads of scrapped bronze to the Greenville Recycling Center in November and then again in January and that they recovered at least one bucket of scrap bronze from the crime.

Fire Kills Two, Injures Two More
Erie – Erie County authorities are still investigating the cause of a deadly fire that killed two young men and hospitalized two other people; it also took the lives of two pets. On Tuesday evening, Erie County Coroner Lyell Cook identified the victims as 19-year-old Stephan Burdette and 20-year-old Collin Pennell. The two men were killed by a fire that fully consumed a mobile home in Millcreek Township shortly after midnight on Sunday; the fire also killed a dog and a cat and hospitalized two other people. The Pennsylvania State Police Fire Marshal and Millcreek Township Police are investigating the fire, and anyone with information is asked to call (814)833-7777.