{"id":253995,"date":"2026-07-28T19:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T19:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/253995\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T19:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T19:50:08","slug":"pennsylvania-man-sentenced-for-buying-stolen-human-remains-in-nationwide-network-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/253995\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania man sentenced for buying stolen human remains in nationwide network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BERKS COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) \u2014 A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced for buying and selling stolen human remains, admitting his role in a nationwide network of perpetrators. <\/p>\n<p>Joshua Taylor, 49, will spend at least 24 months in prison for trafficking human remains he knew were stolen, according to the Department of Justice. <\/p>\n<p>PREVIOUS COVERAGE |<a href=\"https:\/\/local21news.com\/news\/local\/berks-county-man-pleads-guilty-to-trafficking-stolen-human-remains-dealers-of-the-dead-joshua-taylor-jeremy-pauley-cedric-lodge-anatomical-gifts-program-harvard-medical-school-sentencing-crime-fbi-investigation-pennsylvania-pa-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Berks County man pleads guilty to trafficking, selling stolen human remains across states<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The West Lawn resident was sentenced Monday for conspiracy and interstate transportation of stolen property. <\/p>\n<p>Some of the remains were stolen from Harvard Medical School&#8217;s anatomical gift program. <\/p>\n<p>He sold body parts to Jeremy Pauley, the Cumberland County local who was sentenced to six years for his role in the scheme. <\/p>\n<p>READ MORE | <a href=\"https:\/\/local21news.com\/news\/local\/ill-forever-feel-terrible-pennsylvania-man-sentenced-in-stolen-body-parts-case-breaks-silence-jeremy-pauley-department-of-justice-harvard-medical-school-federal-crimes-candace-chapman-scott-cedric-lodge-human-remains-skulls-victims-january-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PA man sentenced in stolen body parts case breaks silence: &#8216;I&#8217;ll forever feel terrible&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cedric and Denise Lodge were also indicted in the same investigation, accused of selling the remains to Taylor. <\/p>\n<p>Several agencies assisted in the investigation and prosecution. <\/p>\n<p>CBS 21 produced a documentary called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iJsFNQ18Oss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dealers of the Dead: Inside the Body Parts Business<\/a> investigating this nationwide network and the local connections. You can watch it on our YouTube channel or at the link above.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BERKS COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) \u2014 A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced for buying and selling stolen human remains,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253986,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-253995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}