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Updated: 10:01 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010 | Posted: 9:22 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010

Police: Man Stole From Casket Of Boy Who Died On Christmas

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Victim: 17-year-old Bradley McCombs Jr.
State police are trying to find a man accused of stealing a hand-held video game system and accessories from the casket of a Clymer teen killed in a crash on Christmas Day.

Jody Lynn Bennett, 37, of Mentcle, grabbed the items from the casket of 17-year-old Bradley “Boog” David-McCombs Jr. during a viewing Monday night at the Rairigh Funeral Home in Montgomery Township, police said.

McCombs died when he lost control of his sport utility vehicle along Route 553 in Cherryhill Township at about 9 a.m. on Saturday, police said.

Bennett is accused of stealing a Game Boy, Game Boy Light and three games from the casket during a public visitation.

McCombs’ family members said the man fled the scene after being confronted.

The suspect's aunt, Dianna Bennett, said her family is friends with the McCombs and mortified by the incident. She said she hopes police catch her nephew soon, but said she doesn't know how to contact him.

"I sort of figured they would be looking for him," Dianna Bennett said Wednesday. "I wasn't there that night, but we all went over yesterday" to the funeral home.

Bennett said her nephew "has been into drugs, he's into alcohol. He's just messed up."

The coroner’s office said McCombs left his house to pick up a relative for a holiday gathering when he sheared a utility pole, causing the SUV to flip on the snow-covered road.

Anyone with information is asked to immediately call police.

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