2 SUSPECTS CHARGED IN THEFT AT SYLMAR JEWISH CEMETERY.Byline: Lee Condon and Keith Stone Daily News Staff Writers Two men associated with a ``neo-Nazi punk-rock band'' were arraigned Thursday on felony felony (fĕl`ənē), any grave crime, in contrast to a misdemeanor, that is so declared in statute or was so considered in common law. charges that they stole grave markers and flower urns from a Jewish cemetery A Jewish cemetery (Hebr. בית עלמין "Beth Olamin") serves as any other cemetery for the burial of the dead and holds other qualities which are not found in Christian cemeteries. in Sylmar. In the course of arresting Burbank residents Jacob Luis Rupe and Craig Matthew Lax on Tuesday, police also seized a human skull In humans, the adult skull is normally made up of 22 bones. Except for the mandible, all of the bones of the skull are joined together by sutures, synarthrodial (immovable) joints formed by bony ossification, with Sharpey's fibres permitting some flexibility. . No charges were filed because police said they have been unable to pinpoint the skull's origin, and possession alone is not a crime. On Thursday, Rupe, 20, and Lax, 21, pleaded not guilty in Burbank Municipal Court to grand theft, receiving stolen property and vandalism of church property. Rupe also pleaded not guilty to an additional count of receiving stolen property in connection with two signs that police found in his North Fairview Street apartment Tuesday. The signs were taken from Mount Sinai Memorial Park in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. more than a year ago. The other charges stem from a theft and break-in in November at Glenhaven Memorial Park in Sylmar during which three grave markers and flower urns were taken from crypts. At that time, police detained de·tain tr.v. de·tained, de·tain·ing, de·tains 1. To keep from proceeding; delay or retard. 2. To keep in custody or temporary confinement: Rupe and Lax after stopping the van for equipment violations. But the two were not charged in the thefts. ``They found some grave markers and urns but they couldn't figure out where they came from,'' said Sandi Gibbons Famous people named Gibbons include:
Acting on a tip, police said they searched the apartment Tuesday and found, in addition to the signs, a human skull and a shirt emblazoned with writing from what they called a neo-Nazi punk-rock band. Bail was set at $80,000 for Rupe and $70,000 for Lax. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for May 6. |
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