Church secretary gets three years for embezzlement

Church secretary gets three years for embezzlement

By CSI • on August 22, 2010

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 three years in prison. “Our church loved Ann

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Suspect in religious relic theft arrested in New Hampshire

Suspect in religious relic theft arrested in New Hampshire

By CSI • on August 22, 2010

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

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DNA solves church theft

DNA solves church theft

By CSI • on August 19, 2010

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

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Kennedy, Minn., woman sentenced for church theft

Kennedy, Minn., woman sentenced for church theft

By CSI • on August 19, 2010

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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Pastor on trial for theft defended as merely negligent

Pastor on trial for theft defended as merely negligent

By CSI • on August 19, 2010

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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Schoeneck Moravian Church treasurer charged with theft intended to pay back money, according to attorney

Schoeneck Moravian Church treasurer charged with theft intended to pay back money, according to attorney

By CSI • on August 17, 2010

The Schoeneck Moravian Church treasurer charged with stealing almost $116,000 from his church over three years was financially struggling and hoped to make enough money investing the stolen cash to pay off the church's mortgage, his defense attorney said today. Dennis J. Solt, 60, of the 4600 block

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Relic of cross, stolen from Boston church, recovered in Vermont

Relic of cross, stolen from Boston church, recovered in Vermont

By CSI • on August 16, 2010

A splinter of wood that Catholics consider to be a relic of the cross on which Jesus was crucified and that had been stolen from the Cathedral of the Holy Cross earlier this summer, has turned up in rural Vermont, the Archdiocese of Boston and the Vermont State Police confirmed today. The relic, one

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Pilsen man charged in church donation-box burglaries

Pilsen man charged in church donation-box burglaries

By CSI • on August 14, 2010

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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NC couple accused of using church positions to embezzle $350,000 by writing hundreds of checks

NC couple accused of using church positions to embezzle $350,000 by writing hundreds of checks

By CSI • on August 13, 2010

MOUNT HOLLY, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say a couple who worked at a Baptist church in North Carolina used their positions to steal more than $350,000 over a three-year period. Multiple media outlets reported Friday that Alan and Linda Roland of Gastonia face four charges, including embezzlement

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Shrubs Stolen from Buffalo Church

Shrubs Stolen from Buffalo Church

By CSI • on August 13, 2010

BUFFALO, NY: Stolen shrubs are leaving parishoners of a modest East Side church shaking their heads. A thief on a bicycle stole two shrubs from the front of St. Lawrence Catholic Church on Buffalo's East Side. The surveillance video caught the peddling pilferer in the act. The incident happened

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Thefts plague Oahu churches

Thefts plague Oahu churches

By CSI • on August 10, 2010

A rash of burglaries at Oahu Catholic churches — including car break-ins during Mass — has gotten so bad that some churches are struggling to find enough volunteers to monitor their parking lots, and Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Ewa Beach wants to install a second set of security

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St. Cloud man who assaulted woman in church indicted in federal court

St. Cloud man who assaulted woman in church indicted in federal court

By CSI • on August 10, 2010

A St. Cloud man was indicted Monday in federal court, accused of not registering as a sex offender and of sexually assaulting a woman in a Kandiyohi County church while not registered. Lindon Roy Knutson, 62, was charged with one count of failing to register as a sex offender and one count of commission

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Pastor seeks return of property stolen from Syracuse church

Pastor seeks return of property stolen from Syracuse church

By CSI • on August 10, 2010

Syracuse, NY — A burglary was discovered Monday evening at a South Salina Street church and the pastor is asking for the community’s help in the return of stolen computers and sound equipment. The break-in at the People’s AME Zion Church, 2306 S. Salina St., was discovered when ministry

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St. John Parish donations stolen

St. John Parish donations stolen

By CSI • on August 9, 2010

Someone might be helping himself to donations for the poor at St. John R.C. Parish, 1986 Post Road, according to police and Monsignor Frank McGrath, the parish pastor. The parish reported on Wednesday, July 28, an estimated $800 stolen from votive boxes since May. “We noticed a lot less money

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Thief steals church offerings while members ‘praise and worship’ nearby

Thief steals church offerings while members ‘praise and worship’ nearby

By CSI • on August 9, 2010

NACOGDOCHES, TX (KTRE) – How low can one go? Someone apparently during the middle of morning worship service had their mind on something other than ‘praise and worship,' according to a Nacogdoches Police report. While church members worshipped close by, thieves were brazenly helping

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