SALT LAKE CITY — Two break-ins and extensive vandalism within the span of five days have left members of a United Methodist Church in Kearns nervous to attend.

“They’re just worried that during worship that something else might happen or they might come back and just start problems in the church,” said Alicia Koloamatangi, who’s been attending the church since she was seven.

Koloamatangi ‘s parents served as lay leaders of the church until 2013, when her father passed away. Now she serves as treasurer of To AE Ofa United Methodist .

She said she and others walked into the church early Sunday, on Nov. 2, to prepare when they saw the damage.

“(It) seemed like someone just let t he sink run; the water was overflowing on the floor,” Koloamatangi said. “They must have used like an axe to, l

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