2 charged with thefts at cemeteries, funeral homes

[Jacob]

A pair of Southland residents have been charged with breaking into cars at local cemeteries and funeral homes, the Cook County sheriff's office said, and authorities are questioning them about their roles in even more thefts.

Stacy Egan, 23, of Orland Park, and Thomas Beach, 22, of Worth, are suspected of a rash of thefts that took place throughout the summer, mostly at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Worth.

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Stacy Egan (left), of Orland Park, and Thomas Beach, of Worth, are charged in connection with thefts from cars at area cemeteries and funeral homes.
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The string of thefts ended Friday when the pair was pulled over in Chicago Ridge and police found “several items in their possession about which the Cook County Sheriff's Department had sent out bulletins,” according to a news release.
During questioning, Egan told investigators that the pair “specifically targeted unlocked cars at that cemetery, striking while families were at gravesites,” according to the release.

The thefts later expanded to cars parked at funeral homes, authorities said.

Egan, 23, of the 11900 block of Chisholm Trail, Orland Park, was charged with four counts of felony burglary and criminal trespassing to vehicles. Beach, of the 10200 block of South Ridgeland Avenue, Worth, was charged with one count of felony burglary and criminal trespassing to vehicles.

Investigators from Oak Lawn, Worth, Chicago Ridge and the Cook County Sheriff’s Department are now looking into other cemetery and funeral home burglaries reported in their areas in recent months.

Both are free on $75,000 bail

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[Indeed]

These people are pure garbage to capitilize on a crime of someone's grief.
Disgusting!

[John]

some people are just disgusting.

[Lenni]

Talk about a one way ticket to hell.

[anti grave robber]

are they still in jail

[wondering]

does anyone know if justice was served or did the pair get a slap on the wrist

[he gone]

Lenni wrote:

Talk about a one way ticket to hell.

tom beach the grave robber has cashed in on his one way ticket to hell this month. rest assured tom beach justice has been served rip

[o well]

wondering wrote:

does anyone know if justice was served or did the pair get a slap on the wrist

some times justice is served one way or another it always catches up to ya

[thomas beach]

when these crimes were committed neither one of us was in the right state of mind. i am very sorry for anyone that has suffered because of this. i have now accepted god into my life and would like to try and make amends wherever possible. i have served my time, and paid paid my debt. again, i am very, very sorry.