Decatur man, 18, charged with raping girl younger than 16 in a church
DECATUR – An 18-year-old man facing charges that he raped a teenage girl while they were working at a vacation Bible school pleaded not guilty during his preliminary hearing Wednesday. Edwin S. Bond Jr. was arrested Aug. 4 after a girl younger than 16 years old told police she was sexually assaulted the previous morning while helping with the
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Islamic Radicals Threaten Suicide Bombings Against Gainesville Church
A Gainesville church plans to go ahead with the burning of the Muslim holy book on Sept. 11, despite threats of bombings and the lack of a permit. According to the Wall Street Journal, Terry Jones, pastor at the Dove World Outreach Center will call for Sept. 11 to be an "International Burn a Koran
Anniversary of Anadarko pastor’s slaying comes with few leads
ANADARKO — It's been a year since the body of an Anadarko church pastor was found mutilated behind the altar of the sanctuary where she preached Sundays to small congregations. Authorities still are waiting for a break in the investigation into the killing of the Rev. Carol Daniels. No arrests
Church secretary gets three years for embezzlement
Ann Carson was more than a church secretary. To the members of North Presbyterian Church, she was a friend and confidant. They trusted her with their feelings — and their offerings. Over the past decade, Carson pocketed more than $364,000 of their money. For that, she’ll spend the next
Fourth sexual-assault charge against church day-care worker
The Denver district attorney's office filed charges in a fourth case Friday against Benjamin Janicki, 19, accused of sexually assaulting children at Park Hill United Methodist Children's Center. Janicki was a summer hire at the day-care center, which served 125 families. He was arrested Aug.
Two stabbed in altercation at Round Valley church
A 13-year-old Covelo boy who intervened in a violent altercation between his mother and her live-in boyfriend was in police custody Friday after stabbing the man several times with a pocketknife, the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office said. The eighth-grader was arrested for suspicion of assault
Crime grips worshippers
Community and religious leaders have noted a decline in attendance figures at prayer services recently as places of worships are increasingly being targeted. This week, the brutal rape of two Hindu devotees at a temple and the shooting of two congregants at a church – both in Bayview, Chats- worth
Church destroyed in suspicious fire
FARMINGTON — Fire officials continue to investigate arson as a possible cause for the three-alarm structure fire that destroyed the Light House Church on U.S. 64 early Saturday morning, authorities said. The church building was a total loss, Church Pastor John Schrock said. "It was horrible
Suspect in religious relic theft arrested in New Hampshire
The suspect in the theft of a religious relic from a Boston church was arrested today on an unrelated warrant in New Hampshire. Vermont State Police said Earl Frost, 34, last of Royalton, was taken into custody without incident at a CVS Pharmacy in Hanover, N.H. Frost is wanted in Vermont on suspicion
DNA solves church theft
A homeless man has been accused of stealing money from a downtown La Crosse church after authorities said they traced him to DNA left on the collection box. A priest at the Cathedral of St. Joseph the Workman, 530 Main St., reported $250 to $350 missing from a collection box July 4, according to a complaint
Kennedy, Minn., woman sentenced for church theft
A woman who admitted to stealing nearly $30,000 from the Maria Lutheran Church in Kennedy, Minn., was sentenced today to 30 days in jail and 10 years of supervised probation. Margie Holmgren, who was the treasurer of the church, was ordered to pay back the money she embezzled, said Kittson County Deputy
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Dublin church fire ruled arson
A fire that destroyed a Dublin church Friday has been ruled an arson, authorities said Tuesday. A trained dog sniffing through the debris of the fire at Central Baptist Church on Tuesday pinpointed a couple of spots where an accelerant may have been used, and those samples have been sent off for testing,
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Sunday school teacher charged with underage sex in church building
A 19-year-old New Sewickley Township man was charged Wednesday with twice having sex with a 12-year-old girl inside an Economy church’s building before Sunday school. Thomas J. Law of 295 Taffy Run Road was 18 when he had sex with the New Brighton girl in August 2009, Economy police said. At the
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Pastor on trial for theft defended as merely negligent
A former pastor accused of stealing more than $1 million from World of Pentecost Church was negligent, not criminal, in handling church finances, his attorney said today. David A. Thompson, who headed the East Side church from 1995 to 2007, will take the witness stand to defend his actions during a
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Girl, 15, who started church blaze is jailed
A TEENAGE girl who started a fire which caused £600,000 of damage to the parish church at Thursby near Carlisle has been jailed after flouting a court order which would have allowed her to keep her freedom. The girl, who is 15 and lives in Carlisle, was given a 12-month referral order in June
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