A 36-year-old man is accused of stealing over $7,000 from a city church in a series of break-ins over the past couple of weeks.

Joseph Costa was arrested Tuesday, July 8, and charged with breaking and entering a building in the daytime for a felony (three counts), and larceny over $1,200 (two counts) in connection to three separate burglary incidents at Holy Name Church, 709 Hanover St.

According to a press release from the Fall River Police Department, officers responded to a reported break-in around 7:45 p.m. Tuesday at Holy Name. A church staff member spotted a man leaving the building as the alarm was activated, then heading on foot in the direction of President Avenue.

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