A Henrico County (Lakeside) church falls victim to a thief, leaving some church-goers wondering who would stoop so low.
$6,000 is what it will cost to replace the valuable copper downspouts at the Lakeside Presbyterian Church, even though the church tried some help from above to catch the thief.
Ed Jacobsen was among the first to notice that over the past three weeks many of the church's copper downspouts were disappearing.
"Everyone who hears about it is in awe that someone would stoop low enough to steal from a church,” Jacobsen said.
In reality, the thief was not low at all. Many of the now-missing downspouts are 20 feet tall. The church set up a video camera to be its "eye in the sky" in case the thief -or thieves- came back...but so far, they're still waiting.
Unfortunately, we did not catch anything,” Jacobsen said.
If you have a tip for police, call the Henrico PD at 501-5000. For more commentary on local crime, click on "Bloggers" at the very top of the page.
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