Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
A man has been arrested for breaking into a Middletown Township church.
Gregory Smith Jr., 28, of Levittown, was charged Thursday with burglarizing the Bucks County Korean Presbyterian Church on Woodbourne Road last month.
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A church official entered the building around 6:30 a.m. on February 11 and discovered office doors and cabinets had been pried open. While checking the rest of the church, $350 cash and a flat-screen TV were discovered stolen, police said.
Police obtained surveillance video of the burglary from the church, according to court papers. Detective Patrick Nicastro wrote in an affidavit that the video showed Smith walking down a hallway with a flashlight and looking directly up at the camera. At that point, the detective wrote he recognized Smith from previous contacts.
The damage to the church was $750, police said.
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Smith was arraigned before on-call District Judge John Waltman on charges of burglary, criminal trespass, theft and related charges. He was jailed on 10 percent of $25,000 bail.
Editor’s Note: All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The story was compiled using information from police and public court documents.
