Man arrested on roof of church plagued by burglaries
Atlanta police Sunday night arrested a suspected burglar on the roof of a Whitehall Street church that has been targeted numerous times by copper thieves. Atlanta police spokesman Otis Redmond told the AJC that Donald Mitchell, 39, was arrested after someone called 911 to report a suspicious person at the church. Mitchell was charged with burglary
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Church victim of 2 break-ins
WASILLA — It was bad enough that the church had been burglarized and two computers stolen, but what really got to Robert Hicks was how familiar the whole scene was. “This is the second time this has happened,” said Hicks, who shares pastor duties at the Christ First United Methodist
Pilsen man charged in church donation-box burglaries
A Pilsen man with several prior burglary convictions is in jail this weekend after police identified him as a suspect in thefts this spring from two West Side churches' donation boxes — one while a priest was saying Mass. Ruben Pavon Jr., 47, faces three counts of burglary of a place of worship
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Accused church burglar Nicholas Holz tells police: I’m a good crook
A 19-year-old accused in a series of Green Bay church burglaries this week told police he is “a strong Catholic” who “would die for his faith,” according to a criminal complaint released this afternoon. But Nicholas R. Holz also told city police he views himself as “a good
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Church burglary suspect back in court
GREEN BAY – Nicholas Holz, 19, is scheduled to be back in court and charged Friday afternoon for a string of break-ins that includes several Green Bay churches. Green Bay police say Holz admitted to 21 burglaries, including at five churches in the downtown area, as well as the Green Bay Community
Nicholas Holz, Green Bay, confesses to 21 burglaries after he’s caught at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral
A 19-year-old man has confessed to at least 21 burglaries in the Green Bay area, including a rash of church burglaries and burglary attempts since May 4, police said this morning. Nicholas Holz of Green Bay was arrested on suspicion of burglary and booked into the Brown County Jail at 8 a.m. Tuesday
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Churches Seek Better Security after Rash of Burglaries
A small piece of plywood covers the black hole where a piece of stain glass window was punched in at St. Patrick's Church just three weeks ago. Monday crews were back replacing another window the latest casualty in another burglary. "Typically they have been basement windows, now the one last
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Five churches burglarized
LAUREL HILL – Lawmen are investigating a string of church burglaries that hit the north end of Okaloosa County Tuesday. Four churches in Laurel Hill, two on County Road 393 and two on New Ebenezer Road, were broken into, according to an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office news release. The
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Drug addict stole from vulnerable churches to feed his habit
A HEROIN addict carried out a campaign of burglaries targeting churches across Lincolnshire and Leicestershire to feed his drug habit, Lincoln Crown Court heard. James Taylor toured the countryside with his partner before selecting his targets hitting vulnerable rural churches. Rob Townsend, prosecuting,
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2 gospel musicians charged in Ga. church break-ins
ATLANTA — Two gospel singers face multiple counts of burglary and theft after authorities say the pair played uplifting music for several middle Georgia churches, then stole some $100,000 worth of speakers, microphones, keyboards and other musical equipment. Washington County Sheriff Thomas H.
Oxy addict, mom tied to church burglaries
A series of church burglaries busted by police last week apparently began four months ago when a young man stole a purse from a Mormon church with his mother. The suspect, Andy W. Hoke, 24, told police he used stolen credit cards to buy expensive electronics that he would then trade to a man he knew
Dallas Church Burglarized For 3rd Time In 5 Years
For some common crooks, even churches are not sacred anymore. Wednesday morning, the staff at Dallas' Casa Linda United Methodist Church discovered thieves had broken in. Pastor James Minor has a message for them. "There is more to their life and how they can use their energy than taking from
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8 churches burglarized
CULLMAN — Eight local churches were burglarized this week — with cash, electronics equipment and even a church van stolen from the local houses of worship. The Cullman County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the rash of burglaries, which occurred at churches all over the county between
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DNA links man to 4th church theft
NEW YORK — Police say a jailed Long Island man accused of robbing a church donation box three times has been linked by DNA to a fourth robbery at the same church. Police say 43-year-old Mark Spruill was arraigned in February for looting the poor boxes at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Massapequa
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Denton police seek burglar in string of church break-ins
Police are looking for a burglar caught on tape breaking into several area churches to steal cash and electronic equipment. Denton police spokesman Ryan Grelle said the man hit a Denton church twice, as well as churches in Farmers Branch and Midlothian. He's also suspected in church break-ins in
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