A Lawrenceville church has recently become the target of theft. The Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh said in the past week, criminals broke into St. Augustine Church – Saint Padre Pio Parish four times and stole items worth thousands of dollars.

Last Friday, on Aug. 29, just before 3 a.m., Virginia Marshall woke up to Pittsburgh police calling for someone to come out of a building.

"'We're sending the K-9 in. We're sending the K-9 in.' They kept repeating that," Marshall said.

Marshall looked outside and saw officers surrounding St. Augustine Church.

"There were quite a few of them out there," Marshall said.

Court records reveal police got called to respond to 37th and Bandera for a burglar alarm at the church, after the pastor saw a man with a crowbar inside on surveillance video. At t

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