Package containing urn stolen from doorstep of New Jersey apartment

Thursday, March 4, 2021
MOUNT OLIVE, New Jersey (WABC) -- A family in New Jersey is desperately trying to retrieve the stolen urn of a loved one.

Officials say a package containing an urn was stolen from a doorstep at the Village Green Apartment Complex in Mount Olive on February 26.

They say the FedEx package was delivered around 12:50 p.m., and they believe the theft took place between that time and 2 p.m.

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The victim says the urn contained the ashes of their father.

The urn had a figure of a motorcycle on the top and the name of the father inscribed on the side.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Morris County Sheriff's Department at 973-267-2255.

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