GARDNER, Kan.June 3 2018 A Catholic priest from Kansas is facing charges for allegedly stealing more than $42,000 from his parish after losing a large amount of money gambling. The Kansas City Star reports that 68-year-old Joseph Cramer is charged with felony theft and two counts of felony computer crime. He is free on bond […]
FOREST PARK, Ga. -May 14 2018 – A verbal argument inside a restaurant led to a man being shot and killed Sunday afternoon by an off-duty police officer. Sgt. Ashanti Marbury of the Clayton County Police Department said the shooting happened at the El Dixie Plaza in the 5800 block of Old Dixie Highway around 12:45 […]
CHICAGO IL May 1 2018 Two men who worked as security guards at Holy Name Cathedral have been charged with stealing as much as $100,000 from the church’s collection plate. Artemio Calderon, 25, of the Back of the Yards neighborhood; and Jarrell Patterson, 22, of the Chatham neighborhood, both have been charged with one felony count […]
CHICAGO IL April 27 2018 The investigation continues into who stole money from Holy Name Cathedral. As much as $100,000 has disappeared and the people hired to protect the church are being accused of stealing it. Church parishioners say the security firm, Monterrey, is at fault. The security firm hired to protect Holy Name Cathedral has been […]
Oakland CA April 24 2018 First Congregational Church of Oakland shares a neighborhood with many homeless people who often come to the church in times of mental health crises. Sometimes church members feel unequipped to deal with the erratic behavior: The most heart-wrenching scenes, volunteer leader Nichola Torbett says, are the times when the church is […]
Ingleside CA March 28 2018 An unidentified suspect allegedly stabbed a woman to death yesterday at an Ingleside Heights church before attempting suicide. Police responded to a domestic violence call at Chinese Christian Church (10 Chester Ave.) at 2:11pm and found a 37-year-old woman suffering from a stab wound, along with a 42-year-old man who appeared […]
NEW CASTLE PA March 20 2018 New Castle Police say a church organist stole thousands of dollars from his church over the course of several months. According to police, St. Joseph the Worker Church hired independent security consultants to conduct an internal investigation when they suspected money was being stolen from their church offerings, which were […]
Cordova, Tenn. March 12 2018 — A 21-year-old man was arrested after stabbing two people and carjacking a couple before crashing in a Memphis neighborhood in a crime spree that spanned nearly 20 miles, according to the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office. SCSO initially said three people had been stabbed because a third victim showed up to […]
Amarillo TX Feb 28 2018 When a man with a handgun walked into a church service at the Faith City Mission in Amarillo, Texas, most of the crowd of about 100 started to run. But Tony Garces, an ex-con, took his shirt off and confronted the gunman, according to a news release from Amarillo police. After […]
OKLAHOMA CITY OK Jan 30 2018 A security guard who was hired to protect a popular metro church has been charged with taking donation money. The Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that a reserve deputy was caught in Life Church’s elaborate plan to catch the thief taking from the church near Southwest 78th Street and […]