TV, Video Equipment Taken In Robbery At Victory Chapel

The Victory Chapel youths will do without Sunday school videos after burglars stole $1,500 in TV and video equipment last week.

Burglars broke into the Victory Chapel, 1430 N. Washington, between 10 p.m. Thursday and 4 a.m. Friday by prying the front door open with a crowbar. According to pastor Joel Robinson, they did not touch desk drawers or file cabinets. The burglars seemed to know where the electronics equipment was, Robinson said.

“You open your doors to helping people and you get robbed,” said Robinson.

The break-in is similar to a string of church burglaries that ended with the arrest of two men in February. The men were allegedly burglarizing Faith Bible Center, 411 W. Indiana, when police caught them.

One of the men, Joseph A. Flood, 21, has a May 13 court date for burglary charges. The second man has not been charged.

But detectives were cautious to link the previous break-ins with the Victory Chapel incident.

Robinson said the theft was particularly difficult for the church because the stolen items aren’t insured. With a 50-person congregation, money is tight. “We’ll have to make do without,” Robinson said.

Arrest made for attempted robbery

A former employee of a North Side orthodontist reportedly returned to clean out the office cash box.

About 7:30 a.m. last Wednesday, a man entered the 1616 W. Wellesley office of Dr. G.G. Schneider demanding money. Unable to find cash, he ran to a waiting getaway car, police said.

A witness reported the license number to police, who found the car three hours later on North Foothills Drive.

Thomas Fulton, 44, of West Central, is being held in the Spokane County jail on a $50,000 bond for first-degree robbery. His companion at the time of his arrest, a 29-year-old West Central woman, is reportedly Schneider’s former employee.

Employees at the doctor’s South Side office said the same man tried to rob them on April 12.

, DataTimes