Jonathan Gerlach

Jonathan Gerlach appeared in court to waive his preliminary hearing for previous charges over alleged body thefts from a cemetery in the Philadelphia area. He faces new charges in Luzerne and Lancaster counties.

A Lancaster County man accused of stealing human remains from a Philadelphia-area cemetery is also under investigation in connection with November’s theft of two bodies from Good Shepherd Memorial Park in Luzerne County.

Police say Jonathan Gerlach, of Ephrata, stole hundreds of bodies from a cemetery near Philadelphia, and is being investigated in connection with November body thefts at Good Shepherd Memorial Park in Plains Twp., Luzerne County.