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A California pastor with a martial arts background tells Fox Information Digital that “God was very gracious and guarded me” as he fended off a suspected burglar at his church on Thanksgiving Day.
Pastor Nick Neves of the First Household Church in Antioch mentioned Friday that the incident started yesterday morning when he arrived on the church to take a look at an alarm and a door that had been propped open.
“As I went to stroll into the constructing, the suspect was popping out with a handful of our stuff. I instructed him cease, principally he was below citizen’s arrest and he tried to flee and I grabbed a maintain of him and we ended up wrestling round within the car parking zone for about quarter-hour till the cops may get there,” Neves instructed Fox Information Digital.
“He was very aggressive and I did my greatest simply to subdue him with out doing any hurt to him,” he continued. “We’re a gospel church that wishes to level folks to the Lord and do good in our group and when anyone is smashing your home windows and stealing your stuff it’s tougher to assist folks out.”
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Pastor Nick Neves of the First Household Church, left, tells Fox Information Digital that he “ended up wrestling round within the car parking zone for about quarter-hour” with a housebreaking suspect on Thursday, Nov. 28, till the Antioch Police Division arrived. (Courtesy Nick Neves/Antioch Police Division)
Neves additionally mentioned “God was very gracious and guarded me from a lot hurt there.”
“Hopefully the man can take into consideration his crimes and his sins and hopefully repent,” he added.
The Antioch Police Division says an ax utilized by the suspect to interrupt a window on the church was recovered on the scene.
“I follow jujitsu and did a little bit little bit of kickboxing coaching prior to now so I understand how to defend myself,” Neves instructed Fox Information Digital.
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An ax that the Antioch Police Division says was used to interrupt into the First Household Church on Thursday morning. (Antioch Police Division)
“You practice for years and years and also you by no means actually have to make use of it if you’re an individual of peace – you aren’t attempting to get into hassle with anyone, but it surely’s there when you want it and, fortunately, this man who was attempting to do me hurt didn’t have the coaching I had, and so I used to be capable of principally neutralize his assaults,” he added.
The Antioch Police Division mentioned, “When the burglar noticed his depraved deeds had been found he determined to combat with the pastor as an alternative of repent.”
A window that the suspect used to interrupt into the First Household Church in Antioch, Calif., in keeping with the Antioch Police Division. (Antioch Police Division)
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“What he didn’t know was the pastor would win this battle of fine and evil and he held down the perp till APD arrived and positioned the person in custody,” police additionally mentioned. “We’re grateful immediately that the pastor was unhurt throughout this incident and hopeful that with superb group members like now we have been highlighting recently, we are able to flip the tide on crime in our metropolis.”
Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox Information Digital.
California pastor fends off suspected burglar at church, says ‘God was very gracious and guarded me’
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