Overview
- The break-ins happened during Sunday services outside Olivet Institutional Baptist Church on Quincy Avenue and The Lion Church on East 55th Street, police said.
- Officers tracked the suspects to two stolen vehicles and recovered both cars after a short pursuit near East 74th Street and Harvard Avenue.
- Two suspects, ages 15 and 16, were taken to the Juvenile Detention Center, and expected charges include receiving stolen property and failing to comply.
- Police are still determining how many vehicles were hit; a Lion Church pastor said about 12 cars were damaged and noted many belonged to guests.
- The incidents come as the STANCE unit targets youth-driven car crimes, with more than 30 arrests, curfew citations, and recovered firearms and stolen cars since Oct. 31.