A woman was caught stealing a casket with a corpse from a funeral home in Las Vegas, New York reported Post quoted by NOVA. The offender stated that she did not remember anything because she “passed out after drinking six beers”.
Patricia Sierra, 47, will be charged with breaking and entering, theft and damage to human remains in connection with the Aug. 27 incident, which was caught on surveillance camera.
A person called Las Vegas police around 3 a.m. to report a body lying face down outside Affordable Cremation & Burial Service. The coffin was abandoned on a nearby sidewalk.
Soon after, police reviewed security camera footage that showed a woman, later identified as Patricia Sierra, entering the building by breaking the front window and unlocking the front door. She moves to the viewing room and drags the casket through the front door, repeatedly entering and exiting the funeral parlor before leaving.
Police arrested Sierra two days later. During her conversation with the employees, the woman stated that she “wasn't trying to be malicious and apologizes” about the incident, blaming it on a drug abuse problem that caused her to frequently “pass out”. Later, the detective questioning Sierra showed her security camera footage of the robbery, which she claims she doesn't remember committing. She told police she “passed out after drinking six beers”.
The judge set bail at $11,000, the accused is still in custody. “The investigation is ongoing, so we cannot comment. "One person has been arrested after an attempted burglary at our facility," said a representative of the Las Vegas funeral home.