Sheriff Kaylor – A July Update on Massac County Church Thefts – WMOK Coffee Break

Update from our July 11th conversation with Sheriff Kaylor:

When Sheriff Kaylor joined us for Coffee Break earlier this week he told us that no other church thefts have taken place since the previous two incidents.

Kaylor said that while no arrests have been made that the investigation is beginning to lead to potential suspects.

WMOK – Metropolis · Massac County Sheriff Chad Kaylor July Follow Up Church Thefts WMOK Coffee Break 7.11.23

(WMOK) Metropolis, IL – A theft at Hillerman Missionary Baptist Church in Grand Chain makes the second theft incident at a Massac County Church in two weekends. The first being at New Hope Baptist Church in New Columbia.

Massac County Sheriff Chad Kaylor joined us this morning for Coffee Break this morning and spoke with us in detail – before issuing a media release.

Kaylor told WMOK that the Sheriff’s Office received a report that someone had entered and burglarized the New Hope Church in the New Columbia community of Massac County on the weekend of June 17th.

The following weekend,a report came in of a theft at the Hillerman Missionary Baptist Church in Grand Chain. At Hillerman, air conditioning units were stolen from the outside of the building. Kaylor advised that often these are stolen so that the copper can be removed and taken for scrap.

The Sheriff told us that they have been canvasing the communities in which the incidents took place and the incidents remain under investigation. Sheriff Kaylor asks that if anyone has anything to report regarding suspicious people, vehicles or activities – during the weekend of June 17th in the New Hope Church community – during the weekend of June 24th in the Hillerman Church community – to please contact the Massac County Sheriff’s Office at 618-524-2912.

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