MA Woman Accused Of Stealing Mom's Safe During Her Funeral

WARREN, MA – A Massachusetts woman is accused of breaking into her deceased mother's home and stealing a safe while family members attended the mother's funeral. Alyce Davenport, 30, and a purported accomplice, Diron Conyers, 27, appeared in Western Worcester District Court Monday in connection with the alleged theft.

Warren police on Friday received a report of a safe stolen from a home while it was unoccupied due to the funeral of a family member, police said. Reports identified the funeral as that of Audra Johnson, Davenport's mother.

Johnson's fiancée told police someone had broken into the home sometime during the funeral, according to the Worcester Telegram. Police said Davenport did not attend the funeral and did not answer calls from family members.

The items in the safe were worth $90,000, the Telegram reported.

Davenport and Conyers were arrested Saturday at a hotel in Sturbridge. At her arraignment Monday, Davenport was ordered held on $15,000 bail. Conyers was held without bail on a separate warrant.

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