Authorities say a San Jose couple turned a Fremont house of worship into a target, slipping five gold ornaments off statues at a Hindu temple and then trying to flip the loot at a San Jose market for quick cash. The ornaments, taken from inside Vedic Dharma Samaj in Fremont, were pegged at roughly $18,000 in value, and court records say both suspects later admitted to the theft. Police arrested the man earlier this month and reported recovering one of the missing pieces from the car the two had been using.
Police say temple ornaments were pulled from statues
Court charging documents allege that five gold ornaments were removed from statues inside Vedic Dharma Samaj in Fremont, with officers estimating the loss at about $18,000, as reported by the…..