SANTA ANA, CA — Santa Ana police sought the public's help this week in identifying two suspects who were caught on video stealing a $50,000 bronze Jesus statue from a local church.
The two men showed up with a bag and an electric cutting tool before chopping down the statue at Christ Our Savior Catholic Church on 2000 W. Alton Ave. at around 2 a.m. Aug. 30, police said.
"One suspect retrieved an electric cutting tool from the bag," the Santa Ana Police Department said Wednesday. "Both suspects began cutting the $50,000 bronze statue of Jesus."
The suspects then apparently dragged the statue across church property and toward Segerstrom High School, police said.
Anyone with information about this incident or the suspects are asked to contact Detective R. Wilson at 714-245-8551 or RashadWilson@santa-ana.org.
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