In this Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015 photo, Director of School and Community Relations Art Wenzlaff answers questions in a conference room at International Academy in Flint, Mich. Wenzlaff, a neighborhood advocate in Flint has been charged after items reportedly were taken from a casket. (Sam Owens /The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP)
A community advocate from Michigan has been ordered not to attend open casket funerals as part of a plea deal reached in a theft case.
The Flint Journal reports that 76-year-old Art Wenzlaff was sentenced Monday in Genesee Circuit Court to one day in jail and five years' probation.
Wenzlaff was accused of taking a Detroit Pistons hat, a watch and two bowling rings from a casket during a funeral service in Mundy Township.
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He pleaded no contest in August while facing charges of larceny in a building and disrupting a funeral or memorial service.
Wenzlaff was accused of taking a Detroit Pistons hat, a watch and two bowling rings from a casket during a funeral service.
As part of his sentence, he also was ordered to pay a $5,000 fine to the Humane Society as requested by the victims.
Wenzlaff is the former administrator for the International Academy of Flint.
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