Police say Mass. man stole skull, other bones from 19th-century burial vaults at 2 cemeteries

Police: Mass. man stole bones from burial vaults

SUDBURY, Mass. — Police say a Sudbury man stole a skull, jaw and other bones after breaking into several 19th-century burial vaults at two Sudbury cemeteries.

Leonard Caira was arrested Friday after officers found human bones at his home. Authorities had not determined a possible motive.

Caira, who is 26, has been charged with wanton destruction of property, wanton or malicious defacement of a tomb and violating interment. Caira did not enter a plea at his arraignment Friday at Framingham District Court.

He was released without bail but ordered to stay away from human remains, burglar’s tools and cemeteries. A pre-trial conference was scheduled for Oct. 7.

It was unclear whether he had hired an attorney.