The incidents took place on two separate occasions at St. Anthony Catholic School, police said.
In one incident, around 11 p.m. on Aug. 10, police said two benches, a window sill and a 5-foot-6-inch statue of the school’s namesake, St. Anthony, were destroyed. The statue’s head is still missing, said Michael Thomasian, principal of the 100-year-old school. Outdoor flower pots, maintained by first-graders at the school, “were relocated in random spots,” Thomasian added.
Police also said Hansford entered the building Monday around 7:50 a.m. In a police report, officers said $1,400 in cash had been stolen. Two more statues and four candles — which Thomasian said were Advent candles — were also damaged, according to a police report. Officials said several items of clothing have also been recovered from the scene.
In the days since, the neighborhood has rallied around St. Anthony, Thomasian said. “One little girl who’s never even seen our school learned of the incident and immediately said, ‘Oh, I want to help,’” and her sister donated $50 she recently received for her birthday, he said. The neighborhood launched aThomasian said the money will be used to replace the St. Anthony statue and broken benches and repair the building.
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