Pastor pleads not guilty to church theft
A pastor accused of stealing money from his church sat in Fond du Lac County Court on Tuesday with his head down, occasionally thumbing through a criminal complaint and other papers. The Rev. Stuart Zak
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Police nab church parking lot burglar through witness
FOREST — Separate incidents of vehicle burglaries in area church parking lots set off an investigation recently that resulted in one arrest last week. Argelis Pena, 17, of East Third St., Forest, was charged as an adult with felony auto burglary. Forest Police Chief Robert Roncali praised the work of his officers in keeping watch over church
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Woman’s Belongings Stolen At Church
PORTLAND — – A woman's belongings, including her credit cars, were stolen while she went to communion at her church on Sunday. The 80-year-old's
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Orlando Colon Jr. pleads not guilty to molesting child in synagogue
A Rochester man pleaded not guilty today to charges alleging that he sexually assaulted a girl in an Irondequoit synagogue and exposed himself to four
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East Texas Arson Task Force Arrests Two
East Texas Arson Task Force Arrests Two TYLER, Texas – Today, law enforcement members of the East Texas Church Arson Task Force arrested two men
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Local Churches Outline A Mission Trip Screening Process
The arrest of ten Americans in Haiti and the kidnapping charges filed against them have raised some questions about how church organizations and missionary
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Public Health
Flu fears abating, church OK’s resuming rituals
As fears of the swine flu fade, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston is urging parishes to reinstitute two venerated rituals, passing the communion
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63 die, dozens injured in Indian temple stampede
LUCKNOW, India – A stampede broke out in at a temple in northern India as thousands of people jostled each other to get free clothes and utensils
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Raw Video: HPD: SWAT standoff ends in suicide at east Houston church
HOUSTON – After more than six hours, a standoff has ended with a gunman that barricaded himself in an east Houston church. SWAT finally gained entry
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Seguin church has its Sunday offering swiped
SEGUIN — The congregation at a local church has learned not everybody understands the 10 Commandments — particularly the one, “Thou shalt not steal.” Seguin police are investigating
Third suspect arrested in Richmond church shooting
Richmond — A third suspect has been arrested in the shootings of a man and a boy during a Richmond church service on Valentine's Day, a brazen attack that drew national attention. Richmond police
Whitby church becomes target of hate crime
WHITBY — Parishioners attending Sabbath worship service at Kendalwood Seventh-Day Adventist Church March 6 were horrified to discover graffiti defacing the building's sign. Spray-painted over
Man allegedly breaks into church to view porn
AMES, Iowa (AP) – Second-degree burglary charges have been filed against an Ames man who broke into a church where he allegedly used the institution's electronic equipment to watch pornography. Police
Dallas church cleaning up after hate crime by vandals
Volunteers today began removing the satanic symbols and hateful words that vandals spray-painted on Greater Cornerstone Baptist Church in Lake Highlands. Pastor David Wilson said he originally planned
