Police have released an Efit of a male they want to talk to in connection with a theft from a car outside St Barnabas Church, viagra sale Stroud Road Gloucester on 9 September, cialis where the suspect locked a lady in church to delay her exit.
Police are also investigating incidents at other churches and church halls in the past few weeks, and warning people to be on their guard and report any suspicious activity around churches.
A woman’s exit was delayed from the church at about 5 pm after the door was jammed with an umbrella, after a male approached her asking for a match to light a candle and then left the church.
The lady managed to get out of the door, and on leaving the church discovered that the rear passenger window of her silver Honda Jazz had been smashed and her handbag stolen from the back seat.
In a separate incident, an unknown offender entered the church during the afternoon and smashed the office door glass. Nothing appears to have been taken. Incidents 323 and 355 of 9 September refer.
Other incidents have taken place as follows:
Incident 82 of 21 August: church hall in Larkhay Road, Hucclecote.
Unknown offenders broke into a church hall sometime between mid afternoon on 20 August and early morning on 21 August, by smashing a pane of glass, searching the building, breaking into locked cupboards and damaging doors. They then broke into a separate building, emptied a cash box and stole keys and another cash box, as well as taking money from a collection tin.
Incident 174 of 30 August: community centre in Finlay Road, Gloucester.
Police were called at 10.46 to a report that the community centre was broken into via the front door and a set of keys possibly stolen.
Incident 323 of 11 September: church hall in Coney Hill Road, Gloucester.
At about 4.40 pm, unknown offenders broke a window at a church hall in Coney Hill Road and searched the premises, unsuccessfully attempting to break into a safe.
Anyone who recognises the Efit or has information about these break-ins and burglaries is asked to call 101 quoting the incident numbers.