ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Someone helped themselves to the collection plate at First United Methodist Church in downtown Anchorage.
And they had to go through a safe to get to it.
KTUU reports (https://is.gd/KBFeTa) the Rev. Ronald Myers arrived to work Monday morning and realized the safe had been broken into. Someone helped themselves to the large collection of cash donated by those attending Easter services the day before.
Jennifer Miller, the church’s administrative assistant, says about 200 people attended the holiday service, and is convinced one of them was there to scout the church for the later theft.
The collection plate is usually split between paying the church’s bills and giving to Anchorage charities.
The church intends to now strengthen its security. Police are investigating the theft.
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Information from: KTUU-TV, https://www.ktuu.com
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