Churches burglarized in Hernando and six other counties
SPRING HILL – Local pastors are fretting over the increasing number of church burglaries occurring up and down a seven-county region. Since July, several churches in Hernando, Citrus, Alachua, Levy, Lake, Marion and Sumter counties have been burglarized, authorities said. Since Nov. 8, a total of six churches, two Christian schools and one thrift
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ID theft ring that targeted church-goers busted
A group of alleged identity thieves who targeted people who attended churches along the Front Range have been indicted by the State Grand Jury. The 101-count indictment accuses Victor Gabler, 37; Travis Sheppard, 37; Troy Degrote, 36, and Jack Beierle, 61, of racketeering, multiple counts of theft and
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Break-in at church won’t stop celebration
Greenwood’s oldest Catholic church doesn’t plan to let a Friday night break-in put a damper on the celebration today of its 100th anniversary. “They didn’t get anything important,” said the Rev. Jason Welle as he surveyed the scene Saturday morning at Immaculate Heart of
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Man Burglarizes Synagogue, Tries On Rabbi’s Clothes
DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. — Authorities are trying to identify a man who broke into a Deerfield Beach synagogue, wandered around inside for two hours, ransacked offices, stacked computers and silverware to steal and even tried on the rabbi's clothes. Broward Sheriff's Office detectives said
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Monday’s church break-ins may be related to fires
SMITH COUNTY, TX (KLTV) – Three nearby churches were broken into, but unlike their unfortunate neighbors, they did not go up in flames, Clear View Church and Pine Brook Baptist Church on Highway 110 reported break-ins just minutes after the fire was called in at Dover Baptist Church. Just after
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Commerce church and home burglarized; police ask for leads
COMMERCE — The Commerce Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in generating leads that may help us solve two burglaries. On February 1, a residence was burglarized in the 1000 block of Ashley Lane. The suspects took an antique Smith & Wesson .38 caliber handgun, an
Stolen items from local churches recovered in Jackson home
JACKSON, MS (WLBT) – Jackson Police credit a brave citizen for tipping them off to where they could find items stolen from local churches. The unidentified person contacted a precinct four officer. Acting on a warrant officers discovered ten microphones, a keyboard and a microphone receiver inside
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2 suspects arrested in church burglaries
Jackson police received their first big break in a recent rash of church burglaries with the arrests of two men on Thursday suspected of stashing stolen equipment at their home. One of the suspects, Leonard Gordon, 41, of Jackson has a lengthy criminal past with burglary convictions in Hinds, Madison
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LJ police: Church break-ins likely related
LAKE JACKSON — Wesley Welborn arrived at his office last weekend to find yet another round of cleanup work ahead of him. The senior pastor for Chapelwood United Methodist Church in the 300 block of Willow Drive, he has seen his church broken into three times, including Friday and Saturday night. Though
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Thieves set church on fire
RALEIGH — Thieves with an arsonist bent disregarded a no trespassing sign at a Northwest Raleigh church entrance when they stole thousands of dollars worth of musical equipment this weekend and tried to set the sanctuary on fire, police reported. No arrests have been made, and detectives are still
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Jackson church break-ins cause stir
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is looking into whether a spate of Jackson church burglaries is related to more than 70 unsolved church burglaries that happened two years ago in 16 rural northern counties. Meanwhile, many Jackson-area churches are beefing up security or at least reviewing their
New Jerusalem Latest Church Targeted By Burglars
JACKSON, Miss. — Another Jackson church was burglarized, police said. Since Jan. 17, six churches have been burglarized and at least three more have reported broken windows or doors, police said. The New Jerusalem Church is the latest target. The church held a revival Tuesday night, which ended
Caught on tape! Longview church burglary
LONGVIEW, TX (KLTV) – Just a week after three East Texas churches were set on fire another church was targeted by criminals. Longview police say Monday night, burglars broke into the First Baptist Church on South Street. But, these criminals were caught on tape. "That's the real disappointing
Thieves break into another Nampa-area church overnight
Nampa police continue to look for whoever is breaking into churches in an attempt to steal cash. Patrol officers discovered a broken window at the Church of Jesus Christ of LDS at 2212 E. Amity Ave. late Tuesday night – making that the eighth Nampa-area church broken into since the Sunday night,
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Vandals strike at churches across Suffolk
VANDALS, thieves and arsonists committed more than 200 crimes at Suffolk churches and places of worship in a year, according to police figures. Yobs were responsible for 99 offences of criminal damage among the 220 incidents between December 1, 2008, and November 30, 2009. Although the majority of
