PORTLAND, OR Jan 12 2018 A man found carrying methamphetamine and a meat cleaver was arrested after damaging a downtown Portland church and threatening a security guard, according to court documents. Officers responded to the St. Stephens Episcopal Parish on Sunday. A security guard called 911 to report finding a man armed with a knife […]
MARIETTA, Ga. Jan 8 2018 – Marietta Police arrested a man who they said threatened to shoot up his church and kill fellow parishioners. Police said the pastor of the church is the one who turned him in. Ken Ogbemudia, 42, was charged with terroristic threats. He was booked into the Cobb County Jail without bond. […]
Tellico Plains TN Nov 18 2017 A man accidentally shot himself and his wife at an East Tennessee church on Thursday while he was showing off his gun during a discussion on recent church shootings, police said. Elder members of First United Methodist Church in Tellico Plains were cleaning up about 1 p.m. after enjoying a […]
Fresno CA Nov 6 2017 Multiple people have been reportedly shot and at least one person killed in a church shooting in the city Sunday morning. Fresno P.D. says the shooting earlier this morning stemmed from a domestic dispute. Emergency agencies and law enforcement were called to the St. Alphonsus Catholic Church at 351 E […]
Huntsville AL Oct 23 2017 An Alabama pastor was arrested last week following accusations that he refused to notify authorities when he learned that a sheriff’s deputy was sexually abusing a child. Michael James Walker, 51, of Huntsville, is charged with a violation of the mandatory reporting laws, according to Huntsville police officials. As a pastor, […]
Key West FL Oct 22 2017 A Key West man was arrested after police said he stole and pawned security camera equipment from the church where he volunteered and had been living. James Anthony Regguinti, 52, was arrested for theft, fraud and dealing in stolen property, all felonies. He remained jailed Friday without bond while […]
Horry County, S.C.Sept 30 2017 A shoot-out between a church security officer and at least one-armed gunmen has left one person injured. The shooting occurred at a church near the Tanger Outlets on Highway 501 in Horry County as they were setting up for an arts and crafts week-end event. According to those on scene, […]
Nashville TN Sept 27 2017 The 22-year-old church usher heralded as a hero after he confronted a masked gunman who killed a woman in a parking lot before opening fire at a Tennessee parish on Sunday quietly attended a candlelight vigil near his church Monday evening. Police said Robert Engle, an usher at the Burnette Chapel […]
HAWTHORNE CA Sept 26 2017 Three teens were stabbed Saturday evening outside a church fair in Hawthorne. A spokesperson for Hawthorne police told CBS2 a fight broke out around 8:30 p.m. just outside St. Joseph Catholic Church in the 11800 block of Hawthorne Boulevard, where a fair was taking place. One teen was found wounded just […]
Little Rock AR Sept 24 2017 Little Rock police are investigating after two officers shot and critically injured a man in a confrontation outside a church early Thursday. The officers were called about 12:15 a.m. to Squire Court Apartments at 5201 Geyer Springs Road, where a rape and a stabbing had been reported, Police Chief Kenton […]