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Victims of funeral home cremains case hold memorial for lost pets
Pet owners who say they are victims of funeral director Patrick Vereb gathered together at a memorial in Latrobe to share ...
Pittsburgh-area pet owners begin learning whether they were victims of funeral home cremains case
Grieving pet parents tied up in the criminal case against Pittsburgh funeral director Patrick Vereb are starting to get answers.
Pet owners who used services of funeral director accused of mishandling remains gather for support
Rick and Terri Wagner traveled Sunday from their New Kensington home to Derry Township in search of closure. Their beloved ...
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Funeral director accused of tossing pets' bodies into landfill, giving owners unknown ashes
On Monday, Patrick Vereb, 70, the owner of Vereb Funeral Home and Eternity Pet Memorial in Pittsburgh, was charged with the "improper disposal of thousands of dogs and cats for which owners paid ...
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Pittsburgh Funeral Home Tossed Pets’ Remains in Landfill, Prosecutors Say
Patrick Vereb, 70, the owner of Vereb Funeral Home and Eternity Pet Memorial in Pittsburgh, was charged on Monday with felony counts of theft by deception, receiving stolen property and deceptive ...
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They Trusted Him to Give Their Pets Funerals. But Was He Throwing Animals' Remains in the Trash the Whole Time?
Patrick Vereb, 70, the owner of Vereb Funeral Home and Eternity Pet Memorial in Pittsburgh, is charged with improperly disposing of thousands of dogs and cats from customers who had paid for ...
Animal rescue to hold special pet memorial service in honor of victims of Pittsburgh cremation case
Everyone is welcome to the pet memorial event at Kingston Veterans & Sportsmans Club's picnic grounds on Sunday.
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He was paid to cremate their pets. He’s accused of tossing them in landfills.
A funeral home owner in Pittsburgh was charged with deceiving more than 6,500 pet owners who paid for their animals to be buried or cremated, only to have the remains thrown in a landfill or be ...
Pittsburgh funeral director charged with swindling pet owners, dumping pets' remains in landfill
The owner of a Pittsburgh funeral home, Patrick Roy Vereb, was arrested after allegedly giving more than 6,500 pet owners ashes from other animals and dumping remains in a landfill.
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Funeral home director 'handed fake ashes to thousands of pet owners - while actual remains went to landfill'
The director of a funeral home is accused of giving heartbroken pet owners fake ashes while he dumped their actual remains in landfill. Patrick Vereb, 70, will appear in court charged with ...
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Bipartisan effort underway to establish new legislation to hold funeral home directors accountable
A bipartisan movement in Harrisburg aims to hold funeral home directors accountable after a Pittsburgh funeral director was charged for allegedly mishandling pet remains. “We realized there was ...
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Funeral home owner dumped thousands of pets’ remains in landfill, PA officials say
A Pennsylvania funeral home owner is facing several charges after officials said he improperly disposed of thousands of pets’ remains. Patrick Vereb, owner of Vereb Funeral Home and Eternity Pet ...