Police investigate Mother’s Day thefts from cars at Resurrection Cemetery

Justice police are investigating two thefts from unlocked vehicles at Resurrection Cemetery on Mother’s Day, Deputy Chief Fred Schuerg said May 16.

The first theft was of a 68-year-old woman’s purse from her vehicle when it was parked in the cemetery, 7101 S. Archer, between 4 and 4:30 p.m., police said.

The woman’s purse contained house keys, gift cards and $80. Her husband’s cell phone was also stolen, police said.

The man used his wife’s phone to call his phone. Another man answered and said he had found it at a gas station. 

The owner retrieved his phone from the other man, who was driving a “beater SUV” according to the police report, at 5 p.m. May 11 at 79th Street and 88th Avenue, police said.

The other theft happened at 4:30 p.m. on Mother’s Day, also at  the cemetery, police said.

In that theft, a woman’s purse, a man’s phone and a woman’s wallet were stolen from an unlocked vehicle, police said.

The phone was found near the cemetery exit, police said. The other items were not recovered.