Hardin is already facing 37 counts including racketeering, tampering with records, identity fraud, operating an unlicensed funeral home and abuse of a corpse.
Ohio investigators seized the cremated remains of 89 people from an abandoned church after they were discovered by a woman calling herself an"urban explorer."
Shawnte Hardin, the senior pastor and owner of the church, is currently under house arrest in Columbus, Ohio. He is already facing 37 counts from September in various Ohio counties, including racketeering, tampering with records, identity fraud, operating an unlicensed funeral home and abuse of a corpse.
State officials say Hardin has never been a licensed funeral director or embalmer in Ohio. However, according to Cheryl Grossman, the Executive Director for the Ohio Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors, who spoke to WBNS-TV, the are no rules in the state regarding where cremains can be stored or requirements to tell the state about having cremains.