The owner of a Baltimore County pet crematorium has been charged after allegedly scamming pet owners by giving them sand or concrete instead of their pets' ashes.

Rodney Ward and his wife, Yalanda, the owners of Loving Care Pet Funeral and Cremation Services in Catonsville, are each facing 56 charges of malicious destruction of property.

Business owners appear in court

On Thursday, Rodney Ward appeared in court, where his attorney fought to get him home detention. Yalanda Ward posted a $10,000 bail.

Prosecutors said the Wards owned an unlicensed business that collected $13,000 from victims. Yalanda was arrested first, while Rodney fled, and was arrested nearly a week later, according to prosecutors.

"With the 51 victims that we have, every single one of them has remains or a box

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