Woman who stole from churches in Franklin County area sent to prison for up to 20 years
A Chambersburg woman accused of participating in several church burglaries in 2006 was sentenced Wednesday to 21 months to 20 years in a state prison by a Franklin County judge. Melanie R. Bilger, 43, was sentenced to six to 23 months for burglarizing the New Life Christian Center in Montgomery Township in July 2006, another two months to two years
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Burglar attacks Connellsville priest at Immaculate Conception
A Roman Catholic priest at Immaculate Conception Church was assaulted when he apparently walked in on a burglary in progress at the Connellsville rectory last week, a church spokesman said today. The Rev. Joseph Bonafed was treated and released at Highlands Hospital in Connellsville after he was struck
MPD officers arrest alleged theft at synagogue
MADISON (WKOW) — Madison Police arrested a 44-year-old man for allegedly trying to burglarize a downtown synagogue. An employee at Beth Israel Center on Mound St. was working early into Sunday morning when she heard someone in the basement. She called police, who arrived to find a burglary in
Repeat intruder targets church in Missouri City
MISSOURI CITY, TX (KTRK) — "No fear of God." That's how a pastor describes a crook that's been breaking into his church over and over again. The First Missouri City Seventh Day Adventist Church has been broken into so many times, the pastor and his wife decided it was up to them
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Church theft suspects nabbed
ATTLEBORO – Two suspects were arraigned Wednesday and a third faces charges in connection with the theft and attempted theft of copper downspouts from two North Attleboro churches and copper spools from the North Attleboro Fire Department. Zachary M. Anderson, 24, who lives with his grandmother
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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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Metro Portland churches robbed of thousands in equipment
PORTLAND, Ore — Thieves have targeted another local seed church, stealing expensive equipment out of storage trailers, in what's becoming a frequent crime. Seed churches, which oftentimes cannot yet afford their own houses of worship, instead meet inside local schools or other places. Any
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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Suspect arrested in church burglary
Police say it is too soon to tell whether a man arrested Friday for breaking into Calvary Baptist Church on Capitol Street is responsible for the recent run of church burglaries in the city. Jackson resident Alfred Lewis, 52, was seen inside the church when officers responded to the church's burglar
