If karma has a way of coming back to bite you on the bottom one Mr. Matthew McGrenehan better be careful. He will have to keep a close eye out for those out to get him, although his foes may be invisible. He literally robbed the grave!

Metal Theft at its Worst

A 23-year-old employee of Locustwood Memorial Park Cemetery was arrested and charged in connection with the thefts of more than 200 brass flower vases from the cemetery.

As reported in CourierPostOnline.com, McGrenehan was arrested at work and later confessed to stealing the urns from the gravesites. He was charged with one combined second degree theft charge. He was also charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance after Percocet pills were found on him when he was arrested. Funny how theft and drugs go together, huh?

The thief was caught when a local scrap dealer did the right thing (you never hear that do you?). The scrap dealer who made McGrenehan provide a letter stating he was authorized to sell the vases began to pay for the brass vases, but later became even more suspicious and contacted police.

An honest scrap dealer, he even had all the paperwork from each vase he had scrapped.

After police left the scrap show, a desperate McGrenehan came into the shop with photographs of two women and a man and said his boss told him to tell me they might be possible suspects in the thefts. How unbelievably brazen.

There is a good chance McGrenehan will spend time behind bars for his crime. Was it to fund his Percocet habit? Or is he just another opportunist looking to make a quick illegal buck. I hope he takes a New Jersey theft class and gets some counseling so that he can become a productive member of society.