NORTH VERNON, Ind. (AP) - Investigators have found golden chalices and other items that were inside a safe stolen from a southern Indiana church.
The pastor of St. Anne's Catholic Church near North Vernon says the chalices dating to the parish's founding nearly 170 years ago were badly damaged. The Rev. Jonathan Meyer says police told him that a person bought the items for $14, then sold them to a jewelry store for $70.
The Jennings County Sheriff's Department says the 700-pound safe was broken into, then thrown off a bridge in a remote area of Scott County. The department says it will seek arrest warrants for those believed responsible for the theft that was discovered Dec. 28.
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