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Police nab church parking lot burglar through witness

Police nab church parking lot burglar through witness

By CSI • on March 10, 2010

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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Church Security

Woman’s Belongings Stolen At Church

Woman’s Belongings Stolen At Church

By CSI • on March 10, 2010

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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Synagogue/Jewish Security

Orlando Colon Jr. pleads not guilty to molesting child in synagogue

Orlando Colon Jr. pleads not guilty to molesting child in synagogue

By CSI • on March 3, 2010

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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CSI Security Alerts

East Texas Arson Task Force Arrests Two

East Texas Arson Task Force Arrests Two

By CSI • on February 22, 2010

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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Mission Trip/Missionary Security

Local Churches Outline A Mission Trip Screening Process

Local Churches Outline A Mission Trip Screening Process

By CSI • on February 9, 2010

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

Flu fears abating, church OK’s resuming rituals

By CSI • on February 5, 2010

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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Religious Security

63 die, dozens injured in Indian temple stampede

63 die, dozens injured in Indian temple stampede

By CSI • on March 4, 2010

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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Video Feeds

Raw Video: HPD: SWAT standoff ends in suicide at east Houston church

Raw Video: HPD: SWAT standoff ends in suicide at east Houston church

By CSI • on December 5, 2009

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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Other Headlines

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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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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