YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A man was caught using a bent coat hanger to fish cash out of the donation box at a Maywood church this morning, police told CLIFFVIEW PILOT.
Officers Jason Liaban and Kevin Madden spotted Rolando Giz as he was leaving the Our Lady Queen of Peace Church at 9:45 a.m., Police Chief David Pegg said.
They were there in response to a complaint that “in the past he was pretending to pray but was actually looking into the donations bins with a flashlight and removing money,” Pegg told CLIFFVIEW PILOT.
The officers found the wire hanger and cash that Giz, 36, “admitted he had just removed from the donation box,” the chief said, adding that he also said he’d done it before.
Giz was released without bail pending a court hearing on charges of theft and possession of burglar tools.
MUGSHOT: Courtesy MAYWOOD PD
