WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — A man accused of breaking into caskets and mausoleums to rob the dead of jewelry and gold teeth at a cemetery has pleaded guilty to numerous charges.

Joseph J. Vecchiarelli, 26, pleaded guilty Tuesday to interference with a cemetery or burial ground, possession and sale of narcotics and other charges.

State's Attorney John Connelly said Vecchiarelli, of Waterbury, "molested the bodies looking for jewelry" and threw five bodies, including that of an infant, onto a mausoleum floor.

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