Cops: Long Island Woman Stole from Purses in Church

CARLE PLACE, N.Y. (1010 WINS)  -- A Long Island woman has been arrested for stealing from people in a church.


Sonia Rincon reports

Patricia Adams, 46, of Westbury, was seen by an usher Sunday at Our Lady of Hope Catholic Church in Carle Place leaning over a pew and taking cash from the purse of a parishioner who was on the kneeler, police said.

Cops were called and Adams was apprehended as she exited the church.

Further investigation found that Adams was responsible for a similar theft on Mother's Day, police said.

She was charged with two counts of petit larceny.