Lexington church vandalized twice in one week

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - For the the second time in less than a week, police say a vandal targeted a Lexington church and nearby cars.

James Thompson says early Saturday morning he realized two tires on his truck and his wife's car had been slashed.

"I'm almost 60 and now I have to come out here and jack my car up because someone vandalized it," said Thompson.

Police say someone also targeted Saint John Missionary Baptist Church across the street on Thurman Drive, smashing a glass door.

"It's heartbreaking because we've been here 14 years and never had anything like this happen until the last two weeks," Deacon Richard Higgins told WKYT's Mark Barber.

Higgins says last Saturday, a vandal hit their church van before damaging five other nearby vehicles.

Read more at http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/Lexington-neighborhood-vandalized-twice-in-one-week-278903621.html

South Carolina: Church window broken with cinder block

WALHALLA - A Walhalla church was vandalized sometime late Tuesday or early Wednesday when a cinder block was thrown through a window.

Read more at http://www.independentmail.com/news/church-window-broken-with-cinder-block_16197088

 Also see: Deputies seek suspect in Walhalla church vandalism

Vandals make church sign offensive

HARLEM, Ga. (WRDW) - From cross to cross, clear signs this is a place of worship, but it's what was on the this sign that didn't seem very God-like.

"I didn't know anything about it until I got a call from the sheriff's department to come and they vandalized the sign, and the deputy was there when I got there," Pastor Walter P. Banks said.

The sign used to say "Come and receive a blessing."

Someone decided to change around the letters from welcoming words to racial slurs.

Read more at http://www.wrdw.com/home/headlines/Vandals-make-church-sign-offensive-278188041.html

Fingerprint leads to 8 teens charged in church vandalism

A fingerprint taken from a candy wrapper led investigators to the eight teenagers accused of vandalism at a Northeast Austin church, police said. 

Read more at http://www.statesman.com/news/news/local/fingerprint-leads-to-8-teens-charged-in-church-van/nhZ9J/

Church in Northwest Fresno Vandalized

Police are looking for the vandal that left the walls and front door of a northwest Fresno church spray painted.

An administrator at St. Anthony of Padua church discovered the graffiti Saturday morning when arriving to work.

One of the churches front doors and the walls around it had been spray painted with bizarre images and words.

Read more at http://www.kmph.com/story/26415408/church-in-northwest-fresno-hit-by-vandals

'Infidel' spray-painted on three Columbus, Indiana, churches

Parishoners arriving at three Columbus churches found graffiti spray painted on their buildings Sunday morning.

Columbus Police said the three churches vandalized Saturday night were East Columbus Christian Church, 3170 Indiana Ave.; St. Bartholomew Catholic Church, 1306 27th St.; and Lakeview Church of Christ, 4040 N. County Road 150W.

The word "infidel" was spray painted on the churches and a reference to a chapter and verse in the Quran, according to Sgt. Matt Harris, Columbus Police spokesman.

Read more at http://www.therepublic.com/view/local_story/Police-investigate-vandalism-t_1409503997

Accused Vandal Strikes Joel Osteen’s Megachurch

(HOUSTON) – A man was arrested Thursday, accused of vandalism at Joel Osteen’s megachurch.
Houston police said a man was taken into custody around 9:50 a.m., after he allegedly walked into the Lakewood Church bookstore, 3700 Southwest Fwy., and began breaking store products.

Read more at http://praisehouston.com/5091384/accused-vandal-strikes-joel-osteens-megachurch/