Huntington Man Stole from Church Poor Box, Cops Say

By Timothy Bolger Posted on March 7, 2013

A man has been arrested for stealing money from a donation box at a church near his Huntington home on Wednesday morning, Suffolk County police said.

An employee at the Church of St. Patrick on West Main Street called 911 to report that he witnessed the suspect take cash from a candle donation box at 10:36 a.m., police said.

Officers responded and apprehended George Kanganis shortly later.

The 47-year-old man was charged with petit larceny and possession of burglar tools.

He will arraigned Thursday at First District Court in Central Islip.

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Timothy Bolger

Timothy Bolger is the Editor in Chief of the Long Island Press who’s been working to uncover unreported stories since shortly after it launched in 2003. When he’s not editing, getting hassled by The Man or fielding cold calls to the newsroom, he covers crime, general interest and political news in addition to reporting longer, sometimes investigative features. He won’t be happy until everyone is as pissed off as he is about how screwed up Lawn Guyland is.