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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 ...
The Washington Post1mon
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 ...
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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 ...
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Pittsburgh funeral director charged with swindling pet owners, dumping pets' remains in landfill
Patrick Roy Vereb, owner of Vereb Funeral Home and Eternity Pet Memorial, is charged with multiple felony counts of theft by deception, receiving stolen property and deceptive business practices ...
The Mirror1mon
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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‘They wouldn’t go in the freezers’: Funeral home director gave fake ashes to thousands of grieving pet owners, dumped actual carcasses in landfill, AG says
Inset: Patrick Vereb (Vereb Funeral Home). Background: Vereb Funeral Home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Google Maps). A Pennsylvania funeral home director allegedly bilked some 6,500 people out of ...
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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 their collective pain and find healing in one another. Everyone came with ...
TribLIVE.com1mon
Hazelwood, Harrison funeral director accused of pocketing $650K for pet cremations, burials that didn't happen
Funeral director Patrick Vereb is facing multiple felony charges ... of Pittsburgh’s Hazel­wood neighborhood owns and operates funeral homes in Hazelwood and Harrison and Eternity Pet Memorial ...
WPXI1mon
Pittsburgh funeral home owner accused of dumping pets in landfill instead of cremating them
Patrick Vereb, 70, owner of Vereb Funeral Home and Eternity Pet Memorial, is charged with improper disposal of thousands of dogs and cats for which owners paid for cremations, burials, returns of ...
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Pet parents turn to Facebook for grief support after funeral home director accused of mistreating bodies
More fallout tonight following a KDKA Investigation into local funeral director Patrick Vereb ... posting shows Vereb is in the process of selling his Natrona Heights funeral home location.
Kansas City Star1mon
Funeral home owner dumped thousands of pets’ remains in landfill, PA officials say
Getty Images/iStock photo 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 ...