MAN ARRESTED FOR STEALING VASES FROM CEMETERY

Fifty-six-year old Leonard Wayne Metzner has been charged with both theft and destroying a funeral object. He was served a criminal summons in reference to an incident on October 14th in the 600-block of Fayette Street in Cumberland. Police were called for a report that numerous bronze vases had been stolen or cut from graves in the cemetery. Metzner was developed as a suspect when he tried to turn in identical items to a local scrap yard. He was served the summons and released, pending trial in Allegany County District Court.