A former church trustee and choir members has been caught with his hand in the collection plate:
A longtime member of a Union County church has been charged with stealing about $28,000 from the Sunday collection plate over an 11-year period.
William J. Biunno, 71, a former trustee and member of the choir at Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church allegedly took the money during Sunday mass after it had been collected from parishioners, police Sgt. Vincent Gagliardi told The Star-Ledger of Newark for Friday's newspapers.
The church caught on late last year after one official noticed something unusual on footage from a surveillance camera inside the house of worship, authorities said. Since the camera wasn't at a good angle to see all of Biunno's actions, church officials added other cameras that clearly showed Biunno pocketing the money.
Maybe the church needs to start taking debit cards instead.
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