Johnson City Man Indicted in Cemetery Theft

Wiley Adams, 42, was indicted in Washington County, Tennessee, in connection with alleged thefts of vases and precious-metal items from a Johnson City-area cemetery. Police said the investigation began in May and that surveillance video from a scrap yard linked Adams to selling the items. He faces charges including theft of property valued at more than $250,000, desecration of a venerated object, and interference with processions or religious exercises.