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Norfolk Ontario Provincial Police are looking to return hundreds of items stolen from local cemeteries to their rightful owners.

Officers say one man had stolen around 1,000 lbs worth of bronze fixtures and nameplates.

They say dozens of gravesites were robbed or vandalized over a period of several weeks, right across Norfolk County.

Other areas may have also been impacted, though police say it is hard to tell where many of the items came from.

A number of stolen items have now been recovered, with many found at a scrap yard after they were sold for cash.

Detectives arrested 36-year-old Douglas Stevens from Oxford County last week, following a theft from Waterford Greenwood Cemetery.

He is facing a number of charges, including indignity to a dead body, after investigators say they found an urn with human remains inside of his car.