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On Tuesday, December 27, Artesia Cemetery employees called Cerritos Sheriff's Station after finding evidence of an attempted break-in on the grounds between 3:00 and 3:30 AM.

The act was caught on surveillance footage and reported to deputies. While the deputies were still on the scene collecting information, an employee said he recognized the suspects from the surveillance footage and saw them near the rear fence of the property.

A deputy drove to the rear of the cemetery and found 29 year old Torrance resident Jason Fluharty and 29 year old Jolynn Ramirez from Artesia walking on Studebaker Road.

After the suspects were detained, the deputy recovered a wooden cross bearing a military insignia on it (see photo), from Fluharty’s back pack.

Both suspects were identified and arrested for attempting to burglarize the cemetery office and for stealing the wooden cross from the storage yard.

(See below for News Release from the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office)

Lieutenant Geoffrey Deedrick
Cerritos Sheriff's Station
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
18135 S. Bloomfield Ave,
Cerritos CA, 90703
562-860-0044

Forwarded by Deputy Benjamin Grubb
Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau - Newsroom
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
323-267-4800


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News Release - Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office

Alleged cemetery burglars charged

BELLFLOWER – A man and woman accused of executing a late-night burglary at Artesia Cemetery are expected to be arraigned Thursday afternoon, the District Attorney’s Office announced.

Jason Robert Fluharty (dob 5/5/82) of Torrance and Jolynn Amanda Ramirez (dob 9/6/82) of Artesia, both 29, are charged with one count each of second-degree commercial burglary and misdemeanor vandalism. Ramirez additionally faces a single felony county of possession of a deadly weapon, brass knuckles.

Fluharty and Ramirez are due to be arraigned in Department 3 of Bellflower Superior Court. They are charged in case No. VA122978.

The pair allegedly gained access to the grounds through the cemetery’s maintenance yard around, where they stole a wooden cross, 3 a.m. on Dec. 27. Fluharty and Ramirez then purportedly broke in to an on-site office.

Prosecutors recommended that bail be set at $30,000 for Fluharty and $60,000 for Ramirez. If convicted as charged, Fluharty faces a maximum term of three years in county jail. Ramirez could be sentenced up to three years, eight months in jail.

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Shiara Dávila-Morales
Media Relations Division
Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office
(213) 974-6724
(213) 974-3528
http://da.lacounty.gov






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