PORTLAND — About 60 urns containing human remains were allegedly taken from the Daisy Room of Wilhelm’s Memorial Funeral Home in the Sellwood neighborhood, along with 16 copper plates identifying people buried there, according to court documents. Sierra Kennedy, 43, and Timothy James Newbury, 50, have each been charged with misdemeanor abuse of a memorial of the dead. The alleged thefts began in May, court records say. The pair reportedly told funeral-home staff they were visiting someone at the mausoleum. The funeral home reported the suspected theft to police on June 16. A probable cause affidavit says an anonymous caller had told staff that Kennedy and Newbury were taking urns and decorative vases and selling them. The caller later told police the items were being sold in North Portland for drug money, according to the affidavit. Police searches of the couple’s homes turned up items investigators linked to the mausoleum, including a companion urn, a bag suspected to contain human remains and a placard bearing the name Paul Arnold Newbury, court documents allege. Officials said recovered items were returned to the funeral home. When officers went back, they found Paul Newbury’s burial site had been opened and his remains were missing, records state. Wilhelm’s said in a statement on its website that it notified police as soon as it learned of the alleged thefts. The funeral home said it would make every effort to contact families it knows were affected once the investigation is complete. Kennedy has been charged but had not been arrested as of the report’s publication. Newbury was booked into Multnomah County’s Inverness Jail on Sept. 3 and remained in custody. He has other open felony cases, according to the report. Newbury pleaded not guilty to the memorial-abuse charge on Sept. 4. His trial is scheduled to begin Nov. 3.