Funeral in Houston stopped mid-service as owners face identity-theft accusations – Click2Houston

Funeral in Houston stopped mid-service as owners face identity-theft accusations  Click2Houston

The Houston Police Department served a warrant at a Houston funeral home after the owners are accused stealing the identities of the deceased and operating the business without a license. HOUSTON – The Houston Police Department served a search warrant at a Houston funeral home after the owners are accused stealing the identities of the deceased and operating the business without a license. About 20 HPD officers showed up to the A Community Funeral Home, located at 2517 Wheeler Street, on Friday to serve the warrant, which is apart of an ongoing investigation. According to court records, Unique Mica Green, 45, was arrested on a forgery charge on Nov. 7. Records show Green forged the signature of a man, over the 65 years of age, on a fraudulent lien document, which is the A Community Funeral Home.

Police said as the warrant was being served, a funeral was going on. The funeral had to be stopped and moved to another funeral home. At the scene, KPRC 2’s photographer Michael Edison witnessed police leaving out the funeral home, carrying four to five boxes of records and cremation boxes. In total, a dozen cremains were seized. The cremation boxes were put in the back of a vehicle. KPRC 2 discovered an image of Green on a banner outside the property. No bodies