Crime & Safety

CT Woman Charged With Stealing Her Son's Ashes That She Brought to the Casino

The woman ran out of the funeral home with her son's urn.

In a bizarre case, police say a Connecticut woman was arrested at Mohegan Sun this past week for allegedly stealing her son’s ashes from a Bridgeport funeral home, the Connecticut Post reports. 

Police say the woman had her son’s ashes in an urn at the casino when she was taken into custody, the Connecticut Post reports.

Police said Raisa Gonzalez, 18, of Ogden Street Extension went to the funeral home and ran off with her son’s urn. 

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She was apprehended at the casino by police. 

She was charged with fifth-degree larceny and conspiracy to commit fifth-degree larceny. 

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WTNH News 8 reports that the woman’s son had died in Puerto Rico and had been cremated at the Luz De Paz Funeral home in Bridgeport.


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