Burglar leaves anti-Hispanic notes in Patchogue church
Quick ReadHate crime detectives are investigating a burglary at a Latino church located near where an Ecuadorean immigrant was stabbed to death in November.
Photo credit: James Carbone | Hate crimes detectives said they are investigating a burglary at this Latino church, at 102 Railroad Ave. in Patchogue, across the street from where Ecuadorean immigrant Marcelo Lucero was stabbed to death in November. (Sept. 2, 2009)
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Three scrawled notes carrying anti-Hispanic messages left on the altar of a Patchogue church near where Ecuadorean immigrant Marcelo Lucero was stabbed to death won't stop services, said the son of the pastor Wednesday.
"We didn't feel fear," said Carlos Sanchez at the Iglesia Evangelica Refugio de Salvacion, "just sadness somebody broke into the church to put those letters there."
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