Overview

• Thieves forced open two shipping containers and removed more than $200,000 of steel beams, insulation and other building components.
• The missing materials weighed about 160,000 pounds after arriving on three tractor-trailers and sat on site for a year awaiting city permits and utility work.
• Pastor Brian Fisher said moving 2,000-pound beams would have required forklifts or cranes, suggesting a planned operation rather than opportunistic theft.
• Fort Worth police have opened an investigation into the incident but have released no suspect description.
• The 80-member congregation is reassessing its delayed building plans and appealing to neighbors for information.