MAN STEALS MONEY FROM CHURCH ON CHRISTMAS DAY

Ocean City Police announced that charges have been brought against a man who stole money from a local church on Christmas Day.  Police in the resort charged 42 year old Steven Patterson with taking $300 from St. John’s Lutheran Church on Central Avenue on Saturday, December 25th.  Police say the burglary was reported around daybreak, and their investigation led them to Patterson, who was reported missing based on information from the National Crime Information Center.  Patterson was taken to the Cape May County Jail on $15,000 cash bail.