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New charges have reportedly been brought against a Colorado funeral director who was accused of storing a body in a hearse for over a year.

Miles Harford, the former owner of Apollo Funeral and Cremation Services in the Denver suburb of Littleton, was initially arrested in February 2024 on abuse of corpse and theft charges, according to The Denver Gazette. He was later released on bond, per the outlet.

Now, Harford is facing two additional felony charges for allegedly hacking into a former employer’s business account in order to pay a Verizon bill, according to the outlet, which noted the incidents allegedly occurred between July 6 and July 9, 2024.

While past charges were delivered in Denver, the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to PEOPLE that new charges are out of Littleton.

PEOPLE reached out to the Littleton Police Department for comment but did not receive an immediate response on Sunday, Jan. 19.

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In a past press conference, Denver Police Commander Matt Clark revealed that authorities had found the remains of a 63-year-old woman — as well as the cremated remains of several others — after Harford was evicted from a home he was renting in southwest Denver.

Clark said the woman in the hearse had died in August 2022.

“Through the investigation, detectives have determined the woman’s remains have likely been stored and concealed in the hearse since shortly after her passing,” Clark said. “The family previously received remains from the funeral home that they believed were their loved one.”

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Clark said the additional remains — which were stored in black plastic bags in the home’s crawlspace — likely belonged to people who died between the years 2012 and 2021 and that investigators were working to positively identify them all.

“As you can imagine these are extremely difficult conversations to have and the information comes as a shock to many of the families, several of whom believed they had the entire remains of their loved one,” he said.

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Clark further explained that it appeared as though Harford “experienced financial trouble in his business.”

“At times he was not able to complete cremations to provide remains to families for services,” he continued. “Unbeknownst to families who sought services from Apollo Funeral Services, Mr. Harford may have occasionally provided family members with another person’s cremated remains in lieu of their family member’s remains so services could be held.”

The business had been closed since September 2022, according to NBC.

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