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Island Park man charged with stealing religious artifacts

An Island Park man has been arrested and charged with stealing religious artifacts and donations to the poor from Sacred Heart Church in Island Park, Nassau County police said.

Michael Czarnecki, 53, broke a rear window of the Roman Catholic church on Long Beach Road Friday night and took items from “poor boxes” and also lifted miscellaneous artifacts worth an undetermined amount at about...

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