Mass. woman pleads for thief to return stolen cellphone pcitures of deceased infant

(CBS/WBZ) BOSTON - A southeast Massachusetts woman is afraid the only photos of her infant daughter who died a year ago may be gone, stolen with the cellphone that was taken while she visited the cemetery last weekend.

Samantha Melanson of Fairhaven was planting flowers at her daughter's grave on Sunday, when she noticed a man acting suspiciously near her car, according to CBS affiliate WBZ.

So she went to confront him.

"When I got down there, I noticed that my cell phone was gone and he had taken my cell phone and ran off," she said.

Melanson said the $300 Motorola phone meant "the world to her" because it had her only pictures of her daughter, WBZ reported.

"I have pictures of her on there that I don't have anywhere else," she said.

Police arrested 26-year-old Shaun Davis of New Bedford Tuesday night, the station reported.

He's charged with larceny over $250 and breaking and entering into a motor vehicle in the daytime with intent to commit a felony.

But police have not found the phone.

"I would only want to ask for my memory card back. If he wants my phone that bad, he can keep it. All I want is that memory card back," Melanson said, according to WBZ.

If anyone has information about cell phone, call the Fairhaven Police Department at 508-997-7421.