{Three young men were arraigned Sunday in the assault and carjacking of popular Detroit pastor and gospel singing icon Marvin Winans.
The office of Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy identified the suspects as Detroit residents Montoya Givens and Christopher Moorehead, both 20, and Brian K. Young, 18, of Macomb County's Clinton Township. They are charged with carjacking, unarmed robbery and conspiracy, said Maria Miller, Worthy's spokeswoman.}
Note: Jeff Hawkins has this posted and I thought I would pass this along. Information Technology Security should be included when thinking about church security. This is an area that I am weak in; however, I am trying to become more aware of the current threats that exist.
{The most harmful websites in terms of risk from malware infection aren’t, as you might imagine, pornography, but rather religious sites, according to Symantec’s Internet Security Threat Report.
The average number of threats found on religious sites was 115 (mostly fake antivirus software). By contrast, pornographic sites had less than a quarter, at around 25 threats per site. Of course, the number of pornographic sites is vastly greater than religious sites.}
{ELLICOTT CITY, Md. — A Maryland Episcopal church where a disgruntled gunman opened fire says a priest who was critically wounded remains in critical condition but is not expected to survive.
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church released a statement Saturday saying the Rev. Mary-Marguerite Kohn, co-rector of the parish, is on life support to assist her family’s intentions to donate her organs.}
{ELLICOTT CITY, Md. (WJZ)– Howard County police have found a man dead in the woods near an Ellicott City church where two women were found shot Thursday evening.
Police say the man had a self-inflicted gunshot wound and that the gun was found near his body.}
{Howard County police are investigating three shootings — two of them fatal — that occurred Thursday evening in and around St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Ellicott City.
Two women were found shot in an office at the church; one was dead and one critically injured. Police also found a man dead from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the woods near the church. There was a gun nearby.}
{San Francisco police and sheriff's officers arrested 26 people early Wednesday when they cleared out a vacant building that Occupy protesters had claimed as their own the day before...
Several hundred protesters marched to Turk Street on Tuesday afternoon, scaled a chain-link fence and swarmed into the building, which is owned by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco. They said they intended to turn the building into a homeless shelter.}
{SAN DIEGO -- Numerous churches across the country and in San Diego County have been hit by crime in recent months and now one local group is teaching religious groups how to protect themselves...
Luis Rudisell, who is with Sheepdog Ministries, said, "These things are real. They are occurring every day. It's important to understand that evil knows no boundaries, and what better place to attack than a house of worship."}
