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Decatur man, 18, charged with raping girl younger than 16 in a church

Decatur man, 18, charged with raping girl younger than 16 in a church

By CSI • on August 27, 2010

DECATUR – An 18-year-old man facing charges that he raped a teenage girl while they were working at a vacation Bible school pleaded not guilty during his preliminary hearing Wednesday. Edwin S. Bond Jr. was arrested Aug. 4 after a girl younger than 16 years old told police she was sexually assaulted the previous morning while helping with the

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Church Security

Islamic Radicals Threaten Suicide Bombings Against Gainesville Church

Islamic Radicals Threaten Suicide Bombings Against Gainesville Church

By CSI • on August 23, 2010

A Gainesville church plans to go ahead with the burning of the Muslim holy book on Sept. 11, despite threats of bombings and the lack of a permit. According

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Synagogue/Jewish Security

Updated Warnings Ahead of Upcoming Jewish Holidays

Updated Warnings Ahead of Upcoming Jewish Holidays

By CSI • on August 26, 2010

No new travel warnings have been issued; the following merely underscores the current situation. As an annual public service ahead of the Jewish holidays

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CSI Security Alerts

U.S. Postal Inspection Service and FBI Announce Reward for Information Leading to an Arrest and Conviction for White Powder Mailings in North Texas

U.S. Postal Inspection Service and FBI Announce Reward for Information Leading to an Arrest and Conviction for White Powder Mailings in North Texas

By CSI • on August 13, 2010

U.S. Postal Inspection Service Fort Worth Division Inspector in Charge Randall C. Till 14800 Trinity Blvd, Suite 600 Ft. Worth TX 76155 214-695-7386 postalinspectors.uspis.gov Federal

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Mission Trip/Missionary Security

BAHAMAS BURGLARY — Over $7,000 stolen from Md. church group on mission

BAHAMAS BURGLARY — Over $7,000 stolen from Md. church group on mission

By CSI • on July 29, 2010

A group of young people from a Maryland church who traveled to an island in the Bahamas this month to run a summer camp for impoverished children was robbed

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Public Health

Man thanks clergy, parishioners and firefighters for saving his life during heart attack in church

Man thanks clergy, parishioners and firefighters for saving his life during heart attack in church

By CSI • on April 2, 2010

It was the right place for a miracle. A parishioner who had a heart attack and collapsed on a Times Square church's altar was revived by fast-reacting

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Religious Security

Sikh Temple Fire: A Case of Arson

Sikh Temple Fire: A Case of Arson

By CSI • on May 13, 2010

Investigators say the fire that destroyed a Sikh temple in Reno Monday night may have been set to cover up another crime. For it's members loss of

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Other Headlines

Anniversary of Anadarko pastor’s slaying comes with few leads

ANADARKO — It's been a year since the body of an Anadarko church pastor was found mutilated behind the altar of the sanctuary where she preached Sundays to small congregations. Authorities still

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NY synagogues bomb plot trial to begin

NEW YORK — Four Muslim men charged with trying to blow up New York synagogues and shoot down military planes will be reunited at their trial with someone who was in on the plot every step of the

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Church secretary gets three years for embezzlement

Ann Carson was more than a church secretary. To the members of North Presbyterian Church, she was a friend and confidant. They trusted her with their feelings — and their offerings. Over the past

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Fourth sexual-assault charge against church day-care worker

The Denver district attorney's office filed charges in a fourth case Friday against Benjamin Janicki, 19, accused of sexually assaulting children at Park Hill United Methodist Children's Center. Janicki

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Two stabbed in altercation at Round Valley church

A 13-year-old Covelo boy who intervened in a violent altercation between his mother and her live-in boyfriend was in police custody Friday after stabbing the man several times with a pocketknife, the Mendocino

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Crime grips worshippers

Community and religious leaders have noted a decline in attendance figures at prayer services recently as places of worships are increasingly being targeted. This week, the brutal rape of two Hindu devotees

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