Weekly Church Crime News 10/31/2022

(October 27) Gulf Breeze Church's Negligence Opened Door For Youth Pastor's Sex Crimes, Lawsuit Claims

Gulf Breeze Methodist Church officials did not follow their own policies, which opened the door to a 13-year-old girl being sexually assaulted by a youth pastor, claims the lawyer who filed a suit this week against the church and its leadership on behalf of the girl and her family.

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(October 26) Sutherlin Police Jail Man For Burglary From A Church

NEWARK, Ohio (WCMH) – One person is wanted for suspected burglary and criminal damaging at a church in Newark. The Licking County Sheriff’s Office responded to a burglary alarm at the Marne United Methodist Church on Licking Valley Road NE in Newark on Tuesday, October 18 at around 5:30 p.m. 

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(October 26) Trick And Treat: Masked Person Steals Candy From Church In Newark

NEWARK, Ohio (WCMH) – One person is wanted for suspected burglary and criminal damaging at a church in Newark. The Licking County Sheriff’s Office responded to a burglary alarm at the Marne United Methodist Church on Licking Valley Road NE in Newark on Tuesday, October 18 at around 5:30 p.m.

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(October 26) 'Come Visit Us On Sunday:' Church Responds To Teens Accused Of Vandalizing Two Zebulon Churches

ZEBULON, N.C. — Two Zebulon teens are accused of breaking doors and windows, setting fires and damaging fixtures in three locations last week. Police said the pair, ages 15 and 16, did roughly $30,000 worth of damage at Zebulon United Methodist Church, Zebulon Baptist Church and the Zebulon Lions Club on Oct. 14.

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(October 25) Body Found Behind Northeast Ohio Church

MADISON TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WJW) – Police responded to a report of a body found behind a church in Madison Township Tuesday. According to a press release from Madison Township police, officers and the fire department found the body around 9:30 a.m. behind the Bible Baptist Church at 5819 Chapel Rd.

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October 25) Video: Security Footage Captures Vandals Breaking Into Tulsa Church

Tulsa police said they identified the church burglary suspects. A local pastor is counting his losses after vandals and burglars broke into his church four times in 10 days and three out of the last five nights, breaking more than they took, but causing thousands of dollars in damages. Rick McVeigh is the pastor of Rose Lawn Missionary Baptist Church.

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(October 25) Houston Church Vandalized And Stolen From At Least 12 Times Over Six Months

HOUSTON — A Houston church known for its community outreach is struggling after being the target of thieves and vandals several times in recent months. Hunter Memorial Church of God in Christ sits on the corner of Airline Drive and Neyland Street in north Houston. 

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(October 25) Police Asking For Help Identifying Alleged Thieves Who Hit A Local Church

GREEN TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WKRC) - Police hope you can lead them to a pair of thieves who struck at a local church. The suspects reportedly broke into multiple cars at Saint Ignatius Church in Green Township in early October. Police say they used stolen credit cards to buy gift cards at several different stores.

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(October 25) 2 Juveniles Arrested After Louisville Pastor Was Carjacked At Gunpoint Outside Church

Awkard was inside his office Monday, preparing for his 50th-anniversary celebration of preaching at New Zion Baptist Church. When he walked outside to the parking lot, someone pointed a gun at him and took his car. "Nothing like that has ever happened to me," he said. "We're living in a society where, in fact, it can happen to anyone."

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(October 24) Mob Sets 2 Suspected Thieves Ablaze In Uyo

Irate youths have set two young men ablaze on Itam market and Idoro road in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, for allegedly stealing a phone and the other for stealing a plasma television belonging to one of the Pentecostal churches.

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