Mansfield Church Purse Thieves Wanted

Mansfield Church Purse Thieves Wanted

By CSI • on March 9, 2010

MANSFIELD, Texas – The Mansfield Police Department is looking for a couple of thieves who may have blended in with others at church on Sunday while looking for things to steal. First United Methodist Church in Mansfield was among the four stops police believe the thieves made. A surveillance camera there snapped pictures of two suspicious females. "One

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Ex-church secretary pleads guilty in Cumberland County embezzlement case

Ex-church secretary pleads guilty in Cumberland County embezzlement case

By CSI • on March 9, 2010

The former secretary of the Mount Holly Springs United Methodist Church pleaded guilty today in Cumberland County Court to embezzling thousands of dollars from the church's emergency fund for the needy. Jane Poth, 50, of Newville, pleaded guilty to one count of theft by unlawful taking, Senior Assistant

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Suspect Charged in Church Embezzlement

Suspect Charged in Church Embezzlement

By CSI • on March 9, 2010

Authorities have charged a Jasper County woman with embezzling more than $100,000 from a church. Phyllis Daughdrill was arrested late last week for allegedly stealing the money from the Corinth Baptist Church in Heidelberg. She had been secretary there for nearly a decade. Jasper County Sheriff Kenneth

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Thieves leave church with £10k repair bill

Thieves leave church with £10k repair bill

By CSI • on March 8, 2010

A CHURCH congregation is devastated after thieves stripped the lead flashing from the parish centre. Crooks left a repair bill of at least £10,000 for the Holy Trinity Church, in Rectory Garth, Rayleigh, after they scrambled on to the roof to steal the precious metal and caused extensive damage. This

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Copper thieves strike Augusta church for second time this year

Copper thieves strike Augusta church for second time this year

By CSI • on March 8, 2010

AUGUSTA, Ga. — The sight of cut wires and bent metal is one that's all too familiar for Rev. Marion Williams. "They cut it up in small pieces and put the pieces in bags to sell," he says. He's talking about the copper wiring that once operated the church's air conditioning

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Sheriff: Woman embezzled over $100K from church

Sheriff: Woman embezzled over $100K from church

By CSI • on March 6, 2010

HEIDELBERG – The Jasper County Sheriff’s Department has arrested a local woman for embezzlement in connection with her activities at a church in Jasper County. Jasper County Sheriff Kenneth Cross said Phyllis Daughdrill was arrested Thursday for embezzling over $100,000 from a church. According

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Man charged with stealing weekly church offering

Man charged with stealing weekly church offering

By CSI • on March 6, 2010

ELIZABETHTON — A man charged with stealing the weekly offering at Lynn Valley Baptist Church has waived his right to a preliminary hearing and was bound over to a Carter County grand jury Friday. Cody Bowling, 23, 267 Blevins Hollow Road, was also bound over on several other burglaries, some of

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Man accused of stealing church’s money to pay for phone sex calls

Man accused of stealing church’s money to pay for phone sex calls

By CSI • on March 6, 2010

A man faces charges after police say he stole money from a church to pay for phone sex calls. The Mercer County Sheriff says 23-year-old Michael Graham even wrote a letter confessing to the crime. Investigators say he simply took advantage of the church after its members offered to help him pay a water

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Guilty plea entered in theft from St. Vincent dePaul Society

Guilty plea entered in theft from St. Vincent dePaul Society

By CSI • on March 5, 2010

Raymond Smyth, a former top official of the Society of St. Vincent dePaul, a charity affiliate of the Buffalo Diocese, pleaded guilty this afternoon to stealing $324,388 of its funds before he resigned from the organization last September. Erie County Judge Sheila A. DiTullio did not give Smyth, 44,

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Drexel Hill man charged with taking church’s money collection

Drexel Hill man charged with taking church’s money collection

By CSI • on March 5, 2010

UPPER DARBY — The man accused of stealing the money collection at St. Andrew the Apostle Church in Drexel Hill is in custody, police said. James Joy, 22, who was picked up inside an apartment Wednesday morning on the 3400 block of Garrett Road, Drexel Hill, admitted taking the bag of cash and

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Purse Snatcher Targets Cordova Church

Purse Snatcher Targets Cordova Church

By CSI • on March 2, 2010

(Cordova 3/1/2010) Memphis Police are searching for a purse snatcher targeting women at Saint Francis of Assisi Church in Cordova. So far, he's struck three times in the past two weeks. "People have this idea, I go to church, church is safe," said Msgr. Peter Buchignani. The victims

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State police investigate possible embezzlement of church funds in Birch Run

State police investigate possible embezzlement of church funds in Birch Run

By CSI • on March 1, 2010

Personnel from the state police Bridgeport Post are investigating a possible case of embezzlement at the Christ Lutheran Church, 8101 Poellet, in the Village of Birch Run, said State Police Sgt. Kristin R. Winterstein Monday. She said the investigation began in September, but she declined to share any

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One-Of-A-Kind Chalice Stolen From Howard Beach Church

One-Of-A-Kind Chalice Stolen From Howard Beach Church

By CSI • on March 1, 2010

Friday morning, Father Robert Keighron discovered his chalice was missing. "It's a little disheartening,” said Keighron of the Church of Saint Helens. “It's saddening to think that there are people who want to hurt the church." Police say sometime between Thursday afternoon

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Ex-pastor’s embezzling charge leads to closing of charity

Ex-pastor’s embezzling charge leads to closing of charity

By CSI • on March 1, 2010

JOHNSTOWN — Thomas A Croyle was a trusted volunteer. A former Mennonite church pastor, Croyle was heavily involved with two local charities. He was treasurer for Bridge of Hope, a Johnstown ministry that mentored women. He was entrusted with a similar position with St. Francis Sharing and Caring

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Man denies embezzlement charge

Man denies embezzlement charge

By CSI • on February 26, 2010

CHINO – The attorney for an Ontario man accused of embezzling close to $1 million from a local church has denied the charges. Farrukh Ahmed of Ontario is accused of embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from coffers at Calvary Chapel Chino Hills. He was hired as a church administrator four

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