NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A bronze statue of Jesus Christ that hung on a cross outside a Virginia church has been recovered, minus one arm, after being stolen.
Tony Calcagni is the owner of Gutterman Iron and Metal Corp. He tells The Virginia-Pilot that two men arrived earlier this week with a statue of Jesus and a copper cross. The statue had one arm missing.
Calcagni says he paid the men $100 for the metal.
After seeing news reports about the stolen statue and cross, he learned the items, valued at $2,000, had been stolen from a park near Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Norfolk.
Calcagni called police, and the cross and statue were returned to the church.
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Information from: The Virginian-Pilot, http://pilotonline.com
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