FOUR OTHER CHARGES AGAINST HIM DROPPED. WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT? THE FORMER MORGUE MANAGER FOR HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL WAS INDICTED IN 2023 AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF STEALING HUMAN REMAINS. CEDRIC LODGE OF GOFFSTOWN ALLEGEDLY SOLD THE BODY PARTS TO PEOPLE IN MULTIPLE STATES BETWEEN 2018 AND 2023. PROSECUTORS SAY THE REMAINS CAME FROM PEOPLE WHO DONATED THEIR BODIES TO HARVARD. FEDERAL COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW LODGE WILL NOW PLEAD GUILTY TO A CHARGE OF INTERSTATE TRANSPORT OF STOLEN GOODS. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE BODY PART TRAFFICKING SCHEME INVOLVED BUYERS AND SELLERS FROM AT LEAST SIX STATES. THE FEDERAL COURT DOCUMENTS WERE FILED IN PENNSYLVANIA. THAT’S WHERE THIS MAN, JEREMY PAULEY, ADMITTED TO BUYING HUMAN REMAINS THAT HE KNEW WERE STOLEN. LODGE, HIS WIFE, DENISE LODGE, PLEADED GUILTY LAST YEAR TO HER ROLE IN THE SCHEME. ACCORDING TO AN INDICTMENT, CEDRIC LODGE TOOK THE REMAINS TO HIS HOME IN GOFFSTOWN, WHERE HIS WIFE HELPED PACKAGE THEM AND SHIPPED THEM TO PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SHE IS NOT YET BEEN SENTENCED. NOW, IF A PLEA AGREEMENT GOES THROUGH, CEDRIC LODGE WOULD FACE UP TO TEN YEARS IN PRISON AND A
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Goffstown man, former Harvard Medical School morgue manager, accused of stealing body parts to plead guilty
A New Hampshire man who was arrested and charged with stealing and selling body parts will plead guilty, according to federal court documents. Cedric Lodge from Goffstown was the former morgue manager for Harvard Medical School and was indicted in 2023, accused of stealing human remains from the school and selling them to people in multiple states from 2018 through 2023.>> Download the free WMUR app to get updates on the go: Apple | Google Play <<According to federal court documents, Lodge has agreed to plea guilty to a charge of interstate transport of stolen goods. The four other charges Lodge faced would be dropped. The indictment accused Cedric Lodge of stealing dissected portions of donated cadavers, including heads, brains, skin and bones, from Harvard Medical School.In March, Lodge filed a motion to dismiss the charges. His legal team argued that the charges don't hold up, arguing human body parts are not legally considered property and, therefore, cannot be assigned a market value.The maximum penalty for the offense Lodge is pleading guilty to is prison for 10 years, a fine of $250,000 and a maximum term of supervised release of three years, according to court documents. A hearing on his plea change has not been scheduled but his trial had been scheduled for May. Lodge's wife, Denise, pleaded guilty last year to one charge in federal court in Pennsylvania. She agreed to plead guilty to interstate transport of stolen goods, and as part of the plea deal, prosecutors said they would move to dismiss the conspiracy charge she faced.Previous coverage:Goffstown man accused of trafficking body parts seeks to dismiss charges Goffstown woman accused of shipping stolen body parts pleads guilty Goffstown woman accused of selling and shipping human body parts reaches plea dealMan pleads guilty to role in trafficking body parts stolen from Harvard Medical School morgueHarvard Medical School pushes back report on stolen body parts to OctoberGoffstown couple accused of selling body parts stolen from morgueNew lawsuit against Harvard, former morgue manager in body parts theft caseGoffstown couple accused of stealing, selling body parts plead not guilty in federal courtInvestigators say Kentucky man displayed trafficked body parts in home in connection to Harvard morgue caseNeighbors of Goffstown couple allegedly at center of scheme to sell body parts surprised by indictment
MANCHESTER, N.H. —
A New Hampshire man who was arrested and charged with stealing and selling body parts will plead guilty, according to federal court documents.
Cedric Lodge from Goffstown was the former morgue manager for Harvard Medical School and was indicted in 2023, accused of stealing human remains from the school and selling them to people in multiple states from 2018 through 2023.
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According to federal court documents, Lodge has agreed to plea guilty to a charge of interstate transport of stolen goods. The four other charges Lodge faced would be dropped.
The indictment accused Cedric Lodge of stealing dissected portions of donated cadavers, including heads, brains, skin and bones, from Harvard Medical School.
In March, Lodge filed a motion to dismiss the charges. His legal team argued that the charges don't hold up, arguing human body parts are not legally considered property and, therefore, cannot be assigned a market value.
The maximum penalty for the offense Lodge is pleading guilty to is prison for 10 years, a fine of $250,000 and a maximum term of supervised release of three years, according to court documents.
A hearing on his plea change has not been scheduled but his trial had been scheduled for May.
Lodge's wife, Denise, pleaded guilty last year to one charge in federal court in Pennsylvania. She agreed to plead guilty to interstate transport of stolen goods, and as part of the plea deal, prosecutors said they would move to dismiss the conspiracy charge she faced.
Previous coverage:
- Goffstown man accused of trafficking body parts seeks to dismiss charges
- Goffstown woman accused of shipping stolen body parts pleads guilty
- Goffstown woman accused of selling and shipping human body parts reaches plea deal
- Man pleads guilty to role in trafficking body parts stolen from Harvard Medical School morgue
- Harvard Medical School pushes back report on stolen body parts to October
- Goffstown couple accused of selling body parts stolen from morgue
- New lawsuit against Harvard, former morgue manager in body parts theft case
- Goffstown couple accused of stealing, selling body parts plead not guilty in federal court
- Investigators say Kentucky man displayed trafficked body parts in home in connection to Harvard morgue case
- Neighbors of Goffstown couple allegedly at center of scheme to sell body parts surprised by indictment
