Police search for vandal of LDS church

BATH, Ohio — Police are asking people for tips about some graffiti that showed up on a local church.

The number sequence “666″ and an upside-down cross were painted on the wall of the LDS Church on Revere Road in Bath.

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Religious Statues Vandalized At 2 Catholic Churches In South Jersey

VINELAND, NJ (CBS) — Police in Vineland are searching for the suspects who vandalized statues outside two churches overnight.
According to the Vineland Police Department, officers were dispatched to the Sacred Heart Church at 922 E Landis Avenue for reported criminal mischief. An investigation revealed that sometime during the night, the suspects had vandalized several religious statues on church property.
The vandals hacked off the head of a statue of the Virgin Mary. In addition, the vandals also chopped a statue of Joseph in half.

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Hunt for vandal who gouged church door

POLICE are appealing for information after the main doors of a church in Henstridge were gouged with a sharp object.

The criminal damage is believed to have taken place on Saturday, January 4, some time after 5.30pm.
PCSO Thelma Mead of Wincanton neighbourhood beat team said: “Scratch marks have appeared on the main oak doors of St Nicholas Church in Henstridge.

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MPD searches for Presbyterian Church vandal(s)

The Murray Police Department is searching for a suspect or suspects who vandalized the First Presbyterian Church before stealing money from the building.

According to MPD, officers responded at approximately 6:11 a.m. Tuesday to a reported burglary at the First Presbyterian Church at 1601 Main St. in Murray. Officers discovered that a suspect or suspects went through the building breaking and destroying items after forcibly making entry into the building.

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Last service at vandal-hit St Paul's Anglican Church

A 100-YEAR-OLD church targeted by vandals and lead thieves is set to hold its final service.

St Paul’s Church in Makins Road, Parkeston, will close to public worship on January 26.

The date will mark almost a hundred years of St Paul’s and the final service will celebrate this.

Vandalism and lead theft left the building in a poor state of repair, which the church committee could not afford to fix.

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Ex-con accused of setting fire to Catholic church

EL CAJON, Calif. - A preliminary hearing was scheduled Wednesday for an ex-con accused of setting a fire that caused more than $200,000 in damage to a Catholic church near Mount Helix.

Eugene William Volk, 45, is charged with arson and vandalism.

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Church Vandalized, Members have Message for Criminal

ELON, N.C. -- A local church community is hoping a spray paint vandal will come forward after the criminal vandalized Westside Fellowship church in Elon. It's a task members of Westside Fellowship weren't planning on performing Wednesday night.

"I've never even thought somebody would do something like this," said pressure washing owner Ricky Vaughn. "And why, is my question."

The cryptic message was spray painted on the side of their church in Alamance County. Staff drove up to find it there this morning. The message is difficult to decipher but you can clearly see the name of the church and the word "die."

Church members say they take part in a lot of outreach so it's hard to believe they would be targeted.

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