Vestavia Hills AL June 18 2022 A Vestavia Hills man is now formally charged with capital murder in the shooting deaths of a man and two women during a church potluck supper Thursday night. Robert Findlay Smith, 70, is charged in the slayings of Walter “Bart” Rainey, 84, of Irondale, Sarah Yeager, 75, of Pelham and […]
Louisville KY Nov 22 2021 An armed youth attempted to steal a full collection plate from the Portland Avenue Church of Christ in Louisville, Ky., during a worship service this past Sunday. The minister of the congregation, Gary Butts, described the incident to The Christian Chronicle: “This young man came in, I would say approximately 15-20 […]
BALTIMORE MD November 19 2021 Authorities are ratcheting up efforts to find whomever killed Evelyn Player, the 69-year-old Baltimore woman found dead Tuesday morning inside Southern Baptist Church. Gov. Larry Hogan has announced a $100,000 reward for tips leading to an arrest in Player’s murder and challenged the city to match it. He ordered law enforcement […]
FAIRFAX DISTRICT Los Angeles CA Sept 26 2021 A man who witnesses say was yelling anti-Semitic threats to dozens of people at a synagogue Wednesday allegedly tried to drive his car into the crowd. On what was supposed to be an evening of celebration and faith, members of Fairfax area synagogue say a man they had […]
DETROIT MI June 15 2021 Detroit Police are investigating a wild case of road rage. It happened at 7 Mile and Strasburg on Detroit’s east side. Police say a tan GMC Yukon and a Black Ford Escape hit in the intersection, then a Chevy Colorado hit them. It was around 2:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon when it […]
HALL COUNTY, Ga. November 21 2019 – A 16-year-old girl has been arrested after police said she planned to kill people at a predominantly black church in Hall County. The teen, who is white, planned to attack the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, according to Gainesville police. “Our investigation indicated the church was targeted by the […]
El CENTRO CA September 13 2019– A dozen leaders of Imperial Valley Ministries, including the former pastor, are charged in an indictment unsealed today with subjecting dozens of mostly homeless people to forced labor, coercing them to surrender welfare benefits and compelling them to panhandle up to nine hours a day, six days a week, […]
Worcester MA Aug 27 2019 Worcester police used a Taser to subdue a preacher inside a Waverly Street church Sunday evening after being called to the building for a custody issue. The Worcester Police Department said 55-year-old Joseph Rizzuti Sr. was arrested after he tried to prevent officers from entering the Cornerstone Bible Baptist […]
Birmingham AL June 23 2019 Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has signed a bill that will allow a Presbyterian church to use its own private police force on its campus. The law approved two weeks ago, allows the Birmingham-based Briarwood Presbyterian Church to establish a private law enforcement department to make arrests when crimes are committed on […]
PITTSBURGH PA June 23 2019 A 21-year-old Pittsburgh resident and Syrian refugee accused of planning an attack on a Christian church on the city’s North Side and providing resources to ISIS has been arrested. Mustafa Mousab Alowemer, 21, was arrested Wednesday based on a federal complaint charging him with one count of attempting to provide […]