Burglar Spreads Ajax Throughout Church, Steals Cash and Safe

Gwinnett County Police were able to determine exactly where a burglar had been inside a Dacula church by following a trail of powdered cleaner.

Police were called to Cornerstone Fellowship Church, located at 2005 Hurricane Shoals Road, on Oct. 23 after a church member discovered the church had been burglarized.

The burglar or burglars reportedly broke a window in a door to gain entry to the building. Once inside, the burglar(s) went into the church kitchen and then entered an adjacent room by "caving in the door handle." 

No other doors were damaged, but the officer determined the burglar or burglars had attempted to gain entry into every room of the church.

"This is known to have occurred because the perpetrators had spread Ajax cleaner throughout the kitchen and many of the rooms and doors of the church," the officer wrote in the report. 

A wooden cabinet was also damaged during the burglary. An envelope containing $85 that had been stored in the cabinet was reported missing. The only other item taken was a fireproof safe. The safe, according to the incident report, contained nothing of value.

There are no known suspects. The case is listed as active.

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