Warren Smallwood, 40, is accused of stealing brass vases off of tombstones in communities across the Chattahoochee Valley, said Chambers County Sheriff's Investigator Jon Herbert.
Smallwood was first arrested Monday on charges of first-degree theft and desecration of a grave out of Phenix City. He was arrested at a traffic stop in Valley, Ala.
Smallwood was charged with the same offenses in Chambers County around 1 p.m. CST Tuesday for alleged thefts at Skyview Memorial Gardens on Nov. 12 and around Nov. 22, Herbert said.
Smallwood was being held in the Chambers County Jail. He was in the process of being transferred to Russell County Wednesday evening, jail officials said.
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