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Six Buffalo Churches Vandalized Since the Weekend

Six Buffalo Churches have been vandalized in the last several days, Buffalo Police have now made an arrest in the case.

UPDATE (Thursday, Sept. 27 8:10 a.m.) - Buffalo Police Department has announced in the case, releasing information to the media this morning.

Arrested was a 30-year-old Buffalo man who told police "he was angry with God," according to a report from KARE 11 news.

Charges of felony criminal damage to property are pending, and should be filed today or Friday in Wright County District Court.

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In what Buffalo Police are calling a hate or bias crime, six Buffalo churches have been vandalized over the last several days. Damage ranges from broken doors to smashed stained glass windows and some of the churches were left with a derogatory and profane poster as well.

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"Stained glass window damage was found at Buffalo United Methodist Church Tuesday morning," Police Chief Mitch Weintzel told Twin Cities media.

The churches that have been affected besides Buffalo United Methodist are: St. Francis Xavier, Zion Lutheran, 7th Day Adventist, Buffalo Presbyterian, and Hosanna Lutheran churches.

Damages at all of the churches is believed to have occured between Saturday night and Monday afternoon, authorities say.

"We're wondering who did this and why they did this," Pastor Rob Jarvis from Hosanna Lutheran said early this week.

Buffalo Police are calling a man they have a surveillance camera shot of a person of interest. The man is described as a white male with reddish-brown/blond hair, a full short beard, approximately five feet ten inches tall and 200 to 220 pounds. He appears to be 22 to 30 years of age, wearing a black baseball hat with a white front and possibly with a maroon strip on the top, a green Minnesota Wild hooded sweatshirt, tan pants and dark shoes.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Buffalo Police at 763-682-5976.

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