Holy Cross Church victim of vandalism

Omaha - A vandal appears to have used a grassy field at Holy Cross Catholic Church to turn donuts, leaving behind a trail of damage.

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Vandal using fire extinguisher damages Rock Hill church bus

ROCK HILL, S.C. - An unknown vandal caused $1,000 in damage to a bus belonging to a Rock Hill church this weekend, police say.

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St. Anselm's Church in Bay Ridge hit with graffiti

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Vandalized Virgin: A dastardly desecrator defaced this statue in the garden of Saint Anselm’s Church.

BROOKLYN, NY - That’s not the sign of the cross!

A graffiti vandal painted a large letter “X” on two statues outside St. Anselm’s Church on the corner of 82nd Street and Fourth Avenue last week, but cops have faith they’ll catch the culprit, who was caught on video in the act, and who now has a price on his head.

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Judge on sending teen church vandal to prison: 'You asked for it, you got it'

BAY CITY, MI — A Bay City teen had a confident swagger as he walked into a courtroom to learn his penalty for smashing out a Catholic church’s windows. He shuffled out visibly dejected, learning he was heading not to jail for a few more months, but to prison.

Bay County Circuit Judge Harry P. Gill on Monday, May 20, sentenced 17-year-old Mathiew I. Mosher to 13 months to five years in prison, deviating from the sentencing guidelines of zero to 11 months.

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Police Search For Hastings Church Vandals

HASTINGS, Minn. (WCCO) -- Hastings Police are asking for help catching a vandal who spray painted graffiti of a possibly satanic nature on the side of a church.

Five-pointed stars inside circles and an upside down cross have now been washed off of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church’s brick walls and windows, but remnants of the graffiti remain.

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One week later, vandalized church unbowed

The Rev. Myrtle Daniels stepped up to the altar and switched on a reading light. Lucile Stewart-Mitchell took her seat at the piano, pressing open a hymn book. Karyn Fisher turned down music playing on an iPad.

"We've had a busy week," Daniels announced, facing a dozen congregants gathered Sunday morning at Mount Zion A.M.E. in Woolwich Township.

A week earlier, someone had rearranged the letters on the sign outside the tiny church, defacing it with a racist - and misspelled - message: No Nigers Welcome.

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Video released of suspected Norwalk church vandal

NORWALK - A surveillance video has been released that shows a suspect who may be responsible for painting the numbers '666' on the property of a Norwalk church.

The numbers were painted on a fence outside Miracle Temple Church of God in Christ on Trinity Place, and have since been covered up. Police say they are not considering the act a hate crime, but are calling it a serious act of vandalism that won't be tolerated.

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