Computers, personal info stolen from church

Computers, personal info stolen from church

This provided photo shows the mess left behind from an Oct. 12 burglary at Lutheran Church of Prayer on Panorama Drive.

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By Betsy Lambert, Eyewitness News

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.-- Thieves made off with computers full of personal information last week when they burglarized the Lutheran Church of Prayer on Panorama Drive.

Pastor Robert Lutjens said Tuesday that the burglars stole all but one of the computers and "any other electronic equipment they could get their hands on." He pointed to where the thieves forced entry into the church offices and photos taken afterward show a papers strewn about.

Databases with employee and congregational information were in the stolen computers. Since the theft, Lutjens said at least one church employee's home has been burglarized and another employee's financial accounts were tampered with.

On Tuesday, while an Eyewitness News crew was at the church, news came that a man had tried to fraudulently cash a $927.68 check from the church's account. Surveillance video from Sal's E-Z Stop in Oildale shows an unidentified man trying to cash a check. That information was subsequently turned over to authorities.

Anyone with information helpful to the investigation is asked to call Bakersfield police at (661) 327-7111.

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