Delaware State Police have arrested 32-year-old Mark Worley of Wilmington, Delaware for several theft and related charges following a series of thefts from All Saints Cemetery in Wilmington last year.
Between September 2024 to November 2024, troopers investigated multiple thefts of a similar nature from All Saints Cemetery, located at 6001 Kirkwood Highway in Wilmington. In each incident, 4 unknown suspects, carrying large bags/backpacks, trespassed onto the cemetery’s property after-hours, and stole bronze ceremonial vases from individual gravestones. The suspects then fled with the stolen vases in a car that was parked nearby. Over the 3-month span, the suspects stole nearly 200 vases, which totaled over $100,000 in stolen property.
Through investigative means, troopers identified the suspects responsible for the thefts as Thomas Hudson, Ashley Newcomb, Alonza Mosley, and later Mark Worley. On February 19, 2025, Hudson, Newcomb, and Mosley were arrested at a residence in Newark. Troopers obtained a warrant for Worley’s arrest for multiple felony theft and related charges and made several attempts to locate him.
On March 9, 2025, Worley turned himself in at Troop 2, where he was charged with the crimes listed below, arraigned by Justice of the Peace Court 11, and committed to Howard R. Young Correctional Institution on a $68,100 cash bond.
- Theft Where the Property Value is $100,000 or More (Felony)
- Selling Stolen Property Value Over $1,500 or 2 or More Prior Convictions (Felony) – 7 counts
- Conspiracy 2nd Degree (Felony)
- Theft From a Cemetery
- Criminal Impersonation
- Criminal Trespass 2nd Degree