Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Church Burglary

Church Burglary ---
Terroristic Security Incidents by Category |Timeline

Church burglaries may be motivated more by a desire to harm the church as in a domestic terrorist attack than just stealing, and appear to be willing to be caught and do jail time to do it. One went to trouble to cut a copper pipe to flood the building with water which can't be motivated by financial gain, and a lot of trouble just to vandalize.

*Timeline

Phoenix priest killed, another wounded in attack The Arizona Republic Jun 12, 2014 - Phoenix police collected physical evidence from the Catholic church where ... Police were responding to a burglary call shortly after 9 p.m. near ...

Historic church burglarized in St. Tammany Parish WDSU by Heath Allen - Jun 11, 2014 - New Orleans authorities work to find who is responsible for a burglary at St. Genevieve Catholic Church.

March 27, 2014; April 7, 2014, April 24, 2014 2 burglars hit St. Paul church 3 times in month, charges say St. Paul Pioneer Press  Burglars hit a Midway-area church in St. Paul three times in the space of a month ... The office manager of St. Columba Catholic Church at 1327 Lafond Ave. ... March 27 to report someone had taken a 60-inch plasma TV valued at $2,000....

Burglars ransack church, cause $20K in water damage  Jan 22, 2014 - Brazen burglars broke into a Jacksonville  Garden of Christ Ministries church in Florida and stole several church items were stolen including a camcorder, a $1,500 keyboard, guitars,.. A pipe cutter that was left by the suspect on a 2-inch copper pipe in the ceiling. The copper pipe is a water line for the business building. According to the report, it appears the suspect cut a hole in the copper water pipe, causing a water leak that flooded the business building suites. It also appears the suspect left through the front door and that the suspect was trying to steal the exterior air conditioning units. "It seems like the maliciousness that went along with the burglaries that really caused my heart to hurt," ...burglars stole copper wiring and that the broken water main sent at least an inch of water cascading through the building. Alternative theory - this was meant as an act of anti-church terrorism, not financial gain. firstcoastnews

Other copper vandalism:
http://www.fallsnewspress.com/blotter/2014/04/06/cuyahoga-falls-police-reports-april-6
April 6, 2014 12:00AM Copper cutter caught: A 35-year-old Falls man was found carrying a duffel bag containing copper piping and a water meter at 5:19 a.m. March 30. Tthe man had pried his way through two locked doors into the vacant house between midnight March 25 and 5:19 a.m. March 30 and used a pipe cutter to remove the copper pipes and water meter. The property manager verified the pipes and meter were missing from the basement. The man was arrested and charged with burglary, breaking and entering, felony vandalism and possession of criminal tools. He was transported by police to the Summit County Jail. Another copper caper: The owner of a vacant house in the 400 block of Keenan Avenue reported someone at some point, entered through the rear door, went into the basement and cut out an estimated $40 worth of copper pipe. There was no damage to the door.

Man breaks into church, steals ice cream KCCI Mar 23, 2013 - An intoxicated man allegedly broke into a church freezer to steal ice cream. ... glass door to the kitchen at St. Peters Catholic Church in St. Charlies, Missouri, early March 8. He has been charged with burglary, stealing and property damage.

Church burglar, arsonist suspect arrested in Houston County Jul 17, 2007 - Church burglar, arsonist suspect arrested in Houston County ... St. Mary's Catholic Church and the burglaries at several other churches ... The stolen goods included a drum set, keyboard and four guitars

5 Thefts - Sun Sentinel Mar 15, 1994 - In addition to The Redeemer Lutheran Church on Oakland Park Boulevard, the ... City; and St. Joseph's Polish Catholic Church at 5401 SW 64th Ave., Davie. ... The suspected loot included VCRs, a giant-screen television, tape players, speakers, sound mixers, equalizers, drums, a guitar and a keyboard.


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