Two men are under arrest after surveillance video captured them stealing copper tubing from a Catholic church’s air conditioning unit on the city’s northwest side.
St. Theresa Catholic Church on Lantana sustained extensive damage when the two suspects cut copper tubing from a large outdoor air conditioning unit. The cut tubing caused freon to leak, which appeared as smoke outside the church.
Father Joseph T. Nguyen said he got up just before 6 a.m. when he noticed the smoke outside. When he went to investigate, he spotted the two men stealing the copper tubing…