Serving Mammon: Woman Accused of Using Stolen Check for Church Donation and Then Swiping Parishioners Wallet

And I thought John Ricci was damned. Police accuse China Graham of Ellwood City of laying hands on the faithful in the First Presbyterian Church in New Brighton, PA . . . well at least their valuables. She is accused of first using a stolen check for a donation and then grabbing a wallet from a women who left her purse in the pew when she went for communion.

It turns out that she is also quite nimble. Police say that Graham, 20, jumped out of a second-floor window when they showed up at her residence.

What is fascinating is that she used the stolen check to write a $50 contribution to the church with the notation “Mya Love.”

A warrant has been issued for access device fraud, theft and two counts of receiving stolen property. If captured, I would recommend a bench over a jury trial.

By the way, the theft of purses during masses is becoming a national trend, here, here and here.

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