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On the lookout for thief in the pews
At least 3 Schenectady County churches hit by thefts during services
By Paul Nelson
Published 8:24 pm, Friday, April 5, 2013

In hindsight, the stranger sporting the knit cap in church sitting among the regulars at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Schenectady should have been a red flag, the Rev. Robert Hohenstein recalled.

But then again, it was Good Friday when the Catholic church like many others in the region, attracts people who may only show up for worship during Holy Week.

When a woman in her 60s seated near the man joined the line of faithful in the middle of the church waiting to kiss the cross, he snatched her pocketbook and hustled out of the Mont Pleasant church.

Strangely, it was at that point that the bandit is captured on church surveillance video removing his cap while walking in front of the Parish Center and making a beeline for 9th Avenue.

The priest said during a recent interview in the church rectory that he didn't know at first what to make of all the fuss after the woman discovered her purse was missing...................>>>>...............>>>>............Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/loca.....05.php#ixzz2PgWnA4fL

The priest would do well to remind people to bring their purses with them when they go up to receive communion.
Better still, take whatever you were going to put in the collection basket, put it in your pocket, and leave your purse in the trunk.
Not on the seat, but in your trunk.
You don't need to mess with your hair, or makeup in the middle of mass anyway.

They are already used to being robbed by the local politicians in broad daylight, and quite willingly submit to it voluntarily. So this should be of no surprise or big deal.