Crime & Safety
Help ID Suspect in $8K Church Burglary
Several offices at Grace Baptist Church in Cartersville were damaged in the Sunday night incident.
Updated Friday, 11:30 a.m.
investigators want help idenitifing a woman captured on surveillance.
She allegedly used a credit card stolen during the burglary before walking out of the Cartersville store.
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Call the Criminal Investigations Division at 770-382-5050, extension 6029, or the tip line at 770-606-TIPS with information.
Original Report
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When office staff returned to work Tuesday following Memorial Day weekend, they found a safe pried open and a lot of damage, according to the report.
About 8:30 a.m., an employee reported a burglary at the Old Cass-White Road church that had occurred sometime since 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Several offices were forcibly entered and a second, smaller safe removed.
The church's main safe, which had contained about $8,000 collected during Sunday church services, was pried open, causing heavy damage. In all, $8,100 in property was taken from the church.
Investigators are working the case.
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