Police: Jody Bennett Stole Video Games From Teen Bradley McCombs' Casket

A Pennsylvania man was arrested for snatching video games out of the casket of a teenager who died in a Christmas Day car crash, police say.

They said Jody Bennett, 37, grabbed a Game Boy from the coffin of family friend Bradley McCombs, 17, during a Monday night wake in Montgomery Township, 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. The boy's uncle, Robert McCombs Jr., confronted the robber outside the funeral, and Bennett handed back the Game Boy, The Tribune-Democrat reported.

However, when the uncle returned to the open-casket viewing, the family realized that three game cartridges and a Game Boy light also were missing. The stolen items were worth $46.90, according to The Tribune-Democrat.

Police recovered one of the cartridges but don't know what happened to the other items, Sgt. Michael Schmidt told The Associated Press.

"I can confidently say this is the first time in my 22 years that I've had anybody go into the funeral home while the family was there and take something right under their noses and try to get away with it," Schmidt said.

Bradley McCombs -- an avid video games player -- died on Christmas morning when he lost control of his SUV and smashed into a utility pole.

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Bennett, who went to school with the boy's father, is being held at Indiana County Jail on charges of theft, desecration of a venerated object and abuse of a corpse. His mother, Sharon, apologized to the McCombs family and said she suspects the theft was a result of her son's alcohol and drug problem. She said she had also lost a son in a car crash 12 years ago.

"It just makes me heartsick for the family because I know how I would feel," she told the AP. "I never thought he would stoop that low."

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