A view of the entry to Fresno Memorial Gardens in Fresno, Calif.

Five people have been arrested on suspicion of stealing thousands of dollars worth of funerary vases from a California cemetery, officials announced this month.

According to an Aug. 12 news release from the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office, officials received multiple reports of bronze vase thefts at Fresno Memorial Gardens from the beginning of April until the end of July. Authorities said that families of the deceased typically bring these vases to the........

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