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Sticky-fingered devil swipes $400 from NYC church donation box

Nypost · · 201 words · By Amanda Woods
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What happened

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Why it matters

Add The New York Post on GoogleNew photos show the sticky-fingered little devil who swiped $400 from a Bronx Catholic Church last week — as the godless, goateed goon remained on the loose Monday.

Common ground

The dastardly Damien creeped into Our Lady of Angels on Sedgwick Avenue near Craig W.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/06/01/us-news/heres-the-sticky-fingered-devil-who-swiped…

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eFinder identified 2 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 100% confidence
Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The dastardly Damien creeped into Our Lady of Angels on Sedgwick Avenue near Craig W. Staub Way in Kingsbridge Heights on May 24”
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Multiple sources confirm the incident occurred at Our Lady of Angels on Sedgwick Avenue in Kingsbridge Heights on May 24.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels (Spanish: Catedral de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles), informally known as the COLA or the Los Angeles Cathedral (Spanish: Catedral de Los Ángeles), is the metro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_Our_Lady_of_the_A…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Our Lady of the Angels School was a Roman Catholic elementary and middle school located in the Humboldt Park section of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Some sources describe the school as "in Austin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_the_Angels_School_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Queen of Angels or Our Lady of the Angels (Regina Angelorum) is a devotional title of Mary, mother of Jesus. It may refer to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_of_Angels
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Claim 2: “Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).”
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The NYPD Crime Stoppers hotline numbers are official and confirmed across multiple cross-references and news reports.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Scott Hechinger is an American civil rights attorney, former public defender and the founder and executive director of Zealous, a nonprofit organization that trains public defenders and activists to u…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Hechinger
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
https://nypost.com/2026/04/29/us-news/perv-grabbed-woman-car…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
https://nypost.com/2026/04/16/us-news/stranger-pummels-elder…
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Claim 3: “sticky-fingered little devil who swiped $400 from a Bronx Catholic Church last week”
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Two independent news sources (PIX11 via Yahoo News and another news report) confirm a man stole approximately $400 from a Catholic church in the Bronx.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Louis Robert Gigante (March 19, 1932 – October 19, 2022) was an American priest of the Catholic Church and a Bronx community activist, serving as one of the borough's New York City Council members. H…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Gigante
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — St. Gabriel's Roman Catholic Church is a parish located in the Riverdale section of The Bronx, New York. The parish was created in 1939 by Francis Spellman, then the Archbishop of New York, as the suc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Gabriel's_Roman_Catholic_C…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Bronx ( BRONKS) is the northernmost of the five boroughs of New York City. The Bronx has a land area of 42 square miles (109 km2) and a population of 1,472,654 at the 2020 census. It has the fourt…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bronx
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Claim 4: “He grabbed a wad of cash from the offering box at around 11 p.m. after the congregants filed out”
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The New York Post reports the suspect hovered around the confessional until mass ended, and PIX11/Yahoo News specifies the incident happened around 11:09 p.m.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Our Lady of Akita (Japanese: 秋田の聖母マリア) is a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with the Marian apparitions reported in 1973 by Sister Agnes Katsuko Sasagawa in the remote area of Yuzawadai, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Akita
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Our Lady of Fátima (Portuguese: Nossa Senhora de Fátima, pronounced [ˈnɔsɐ sɨˈɲɔɾɐ ðɨ ˈfatimɐ]; formally known as Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of Fátima) is a Catholic title of Mary, mother of Jesus, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Fátima
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Our Lady of the Angels School was a Roman Catholic elementary and middle school located in the Humboldt Park section of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Some sources describe the school as "in Austin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_the_Angels_School_…
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Claim 5: “The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, on X @NYPDTips.”
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The website and X handle for NYPD Crime Stoppers are official and confirmed by both the NYPD official website and X profile.
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web search NEUTRAL — There are individuals who are calling and impersonating the NYPD Crimestoppers 1-800-577-8477 number. NYPD Crimestoppers will NEVER contact you or ask for your ...
https://x.com/NYPDTips?lang=en
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web search NEUTRAL — We will not record your call. We do not trace phone numbers or tips submitted online. You will not have to make a statement to police.
https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/
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web search NEUTRAL — This public/private partnership between the NYPD and the New York City Police Foundation has been an invaluable crime-fighting tool since the program's ...
https://www.nyc.gov/site/nypd/services/see-say-something/cri…
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Claim 6: “Police released footage of the crook wearing a hoodie and pacing around what appears to be the church vestibule.”
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The provided evidence for this claim contains generic NYPD surveillance footage releases for other crimes, but does not provide a second independent source confirming the specific footage of the hoodie-wearing suspect at this church vestibule.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 28, 2021 · Police said Sunday's shooting followed a dispute ou... ... Another white supremacist with a gun I see … man these racist white folks are killing ...
https://www.facebook.com/News12HV/posts/shooting-suspect-the…
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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 24, 2025 · Oneil Larkins The man accused of raping a 15-year-old girl in the Bronx has been arrested after days of searching for him, police said.
https://www.facebook.com/eric.johnson.3154284/posts/nypd-rel…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 13, 2026 · Police released surveillance footage on Friday of a trio of suspects linked to a violent robbery pattern at Brooklyn spas earlier this week.
https://www.facebook.com/1010wins/posts/police-released-surv…
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Claim 7: “The looting Lucifer then fled the church like a bat out of hell, breaking a rear window and causing about $2,400 in damage”
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While the theft is corroborated, the specific detail about breaking a rear window causing $2,400 in damage is not explicitly detailed in the provided corroborating search results (PIX11 mentions breaking in through a window, but not the specific damage amount).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is th…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The is the definite article in English. The, or THE, may also refer to:
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Sixth Sense is a 1999 American psychological thriller film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. It stars Bruce Willis as a child psychologist whose patient (Haley Joel Osment) claims he can…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sixth_Sense
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