{"id":27942,"date":"2015-04-07T22:46:36","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T03:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/kathyschiffer\/?p=27942"},"modified":"2015-04-07T22:46:36","modified_gmt":"2015-04-08T03:46:36","slug":"thieves-rob-detroit-area-chaldean-church-but-camera-catches-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kathyschiffer\/2015\/04\/thieves-rob-detroit-area-chaldean-church-but-camera-catches-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Thieves Rob Detroit-Area Chaldean Church&#8211;But Camera Catches All"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><figure id=\"attachment_27944\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27944\" style=\"width: 606px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/148\/2015\/04\/Suspects-Church-Robbery.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27944\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/148\/2015\/04\/Suspects-Church-Robbery.jpg\" alt=\"Three suspects in robbery of St. Thomas Chaldean Church (police footage)\" width=\"606\" height=\"199\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27944\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three suspects in robbery of St. Thomas Chaldean Church (police footage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p style=\"color: #1a1a1a;\">Three men robbed\u00a0St. Thomas Chaldean\u00a0Catholic Church in West Bloomfield, Michigan on the morning\u00a0after Easter, when there was an unusually large amount of\u00a0cash on hand\u2013but all three criminals were caught on surveillance video, and chances are that they\u2019ll be caught soon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #1a1a1a;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/148\/2015\/04\/St-Thomas-Chaldean-Church.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-27943\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/148\/2015\/04\/St-Thomas-Chaldean-Church-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"St Thomas Chaldean Church\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\"><\/a>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chaldeannews.com\/st-thomas-grotto-burglarized\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Chaldean News<\/em><\/a> reports that the men first visited the St. Thomas Grotto, located at the rear of the church, at about 2:40 a.m. on Monday, April 6. \u00a0According to their report:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"color: #555555;\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Video surveillance shows two of the men entering the grotto, which is located in the rear parking lot, at 2:40 a.m. on Monday, April 6, Det. Lt. Curt Lawson told the Chaldean News. They attempted to fish out money from the collection safe with a snowplow flag, but were unsuccessful and drove off at 2:48.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #555555;\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">At about 5:20 a.m., the two men, along with a third, walked back into the grotto from the southeast parking lot. They carried a pry bar and hammer and were successful in prying open the safe, making off with an undisclosed amount of money. The burglary was called into West Bloomfield Police at 2:17 p.m. on Monday.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"color: #1a1a1a;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wxyz.com\/news\/region\/oakland-county\/thieves-caught-on-camera-stealing-money-from-church-in-west-bloomfield\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">WXYZ-TV reports<\/a> that the Chaldean community is angry. \u00a0Harrison Kakos, a member of the church, said, \u201cA lot of people are expressing a lot of contempt and anger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #1a1a1a;\">The network is broadcasting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wxyz.com\/news\/region\/oakland-county\/thieves-caught-on-camera-stealing-money-from-church-in-west-bloomfield\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">video footage<\/a> of the three thieves. \u00a0Anyone who has any information or recognizes any of the thieves is asked to contact the West Bloomfield police department (248.975.9200).<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three men robbed\u00a0St. Thomas Chaldean\u00a0Catholic Church in West Bloomfield, Michigan on the morning\u00a0after Easter, when there was an unusually large amount of\u00a0cash on hand\u2013but all three criminals were caught on surveillance video, and chances are that they\u2019ll be caught soon. 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