Santa Monica police are looking for the thief or thieves who stole more than $100,000 worth of electrical equipment from the St. Monica Catholic Church on Thursday.
Security cameras captured a man walking around the altar, looking at audio equipment. By 9:30 p.m., a man was seen walking around the same area with a flashlight.
"I think they hid in a loft upstairs," Torgerson said."They probably waited until dark, and until most of our folks left around nine or 9:30 and then began to take things, they opened up these front doors and placed things into a car or truck." Santa Monica police say more than $100,000 worth of electrical equipment was stolen -- and that's not to mention damages to the church.
"I was shocked," said Maria Lingbanan, a parishioner at the church."This has been my home for several, several years and I would never imagine that this would happen here. So, it hurt.""The good news is, no one was hurt," Torgerson said."They tried to get into the tabernacle with a wrench, but the door held, because it has a bolt, so there was no desecration of the eucharist. So we’re really grateful for that.
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