A California priest with a combating kinds historical past informs Fox News Digital that “God was very gracious and protected me” as he repelled a believed thief at his church onThanksgiving Day
Pastor Nick Neves of the First Family Church in Antioch said Friday that the incidence began the opposite day early morning when he got here to the church to take a look at an alarm system and a door that had really been propped open.
“As I went to walk into the building, the suspect was coming out with a handful of our stuff. I told him stop, basically he was under citizen’s arrest and he tried to flee and I grabbed a hold of him and we ended up wrestling around in the parking lot for about 15 minutes until the cops could get there,” Neves knowledgeableFox News Digital
“He was very aggressive and I did my best just to subdue him without doing any harm to him,” he proceeded. “We are a gospel church that wants to point people to the Lord and do good in our community and when somebody is smashing your windows and stealing your stuff it’s harder to help people out.”
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Pastor Nick Neves of the First Family Church, left, informs Fox News Digital that he “ended up wrestling around in the parking lot for about 15 minutes” with a theft suspect on Thursday,Nov 28, until the Antioch Police Department acquired right here. (Courtesy Nick Neves/Antioch Police Department)
Neves moreover said “God was very gracious and protected me from much harm there.”
“Hopefully the guy can think about his crimes and his sins and hopefully repent,” he included.
The Antioch Police Department states an ax made use of by the suspect to break a house window on the church was recouped on the scene.
“I practice jujitsu and did a little bit of kickboxing training in the past so I know how to defend myself,” Neves knowledgeableFox News Digital
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An ax that the Antioch Police Department states was made use of to burglarize the First Family Church on Thursday early morning. (Antioch Police Department)
“You train for years and years and you never really have to use it if you are a person of peace – you are not trying to get into trouble with anybody, but it’s there if you need it and, thankfully, this guy who was trying to do me harm didn’t have the training I had, and so I was able to basically neutralize his attacks,” he included.
The Antioch Police Department said, “When the burglar saw his wicked deeds had been discovered he decided to fight with the pastor instead of repent.”
A house window that the suspicious made use of to burglarize the First Family Church in Antioch, Calif., in response to the Antioch Police Department. (Antioch Police Department)
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“What he did not know was the pastor would win this battle of good and evil and he held down the perp until APD arrived and placed the man in custody,” authorities moreover said. “We are thankful today that the pastor was uninjured during this incident and hopeful that with amazing community members like we have been highlighting lately, we can turn the tide on crime in our city.”
