Police are asking for the public’s help in recovering a stolen brass urn. It’s become personal to some at HPD because the urn contained the ashes of a former lieutenant. Officials say on ...

She asked that her ashes be scattered at sea, which I will do this summer.Her ashes are in a beautiful urn in the shape of a vase. […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now.

About 50 brass flower vases were stolen from Mahtomedi grave sites over the weekend and authorities are asking for the public's help in locating them, and in identifying the suspects involved.

The use of the gladiator vase as an urn, however, may suggest an even more personal connection. "I think it more likely he was associated with this event in some way," Tuck said.