After a two-month investigation, the New York State Police have arrested the 61-year-old treasurer of the Liberty Cemetery Association for reportedly pilfering over $80,000 from the cemetery's accounts.
Left: Deborah Lyden, via the New York State Police.
Police arrested Deborah Lyden of Liberty on Saturday, June 13 and charged her with felony grand larceny in the second degree, according to a press release.
Lyden was arraigned in the town of Rockland Court and is free after posting $25,000 bond, police say.
The Liberty Cemetery is located on Cold Spring Road in the Sullivan County village of Liberty.
Cemetery-related larceny has been on the rise in the Catskills lately. In April, a Coxsackie man allegedly stole planters from Coxsackie's Riverside Cemetery and sold them to local antique stores at a tidy profit.
