Woodbridge, Va. –– Two men are in jail after they took cash from the collection plate Sunday morning, police say.
A man walked into the Christ is Lord Ministry at 14338 Jefferson Davis Highway (U.S. 1) in Woodbridge at 11:45 a.m., brandished a gun and took an undisclosed amount of cash that was collected that morning during church service. None of the parishioners were hurt, and the man fled the scene, said Prince William police spokesman Jonathan Perok.
When officers arrived at the scene, parishioners were able to identify the man who took the money.
Police then learned he fled in a vehicle and then met up with a suspected accomplice in Lorton.
Police later arrested their suspect at his home in Dumfries without incident, and that’s where they recovered the stolen money, said Perok.
Stephen Ernest Wing, Jr., 19, of Dumfries, is charged with abduction, robbery and use of a firearm in commission of felony, said Perok.
Wing’s suspected accomplice, 18-year-old Andrew Phillip Coneth, of Lorton, faces the same charges, added Perok.
Both were held without bond.
