Man runs amok in Logan Temple

[Metis_LDS]

ON KUTV

[Metis_LDS]

Reports of a man vandalizing the Logan with an ax and fire extinguisher on three levels of the Temple.  There is damage to paintings, walls and doors.

[poptart]

Geez, some people.  Hope he didn't wreck too much stuff.

[Metis_LDS]

3 minutes ago, poptart said:

Geez, some people.  Hope he didn't wreck too much stuff.

Police are saying he broke in at around 3:30 in the morning.  They found he had locked himself into one of the locker rooms, they have him in custody.

Edited December 24, 2019 by Metis_LDS
grammar

[Metis_LDS]

I cannot access Salt Lake Tribune website from where I am.  Maybe someone else can to get more details about this?

[Scott Lloyd]

I hope this prompts the Church leaders to take more effective security measures at our temples. 

[Scott Lloyd]

1 minute ago, Metis_LDS said:

I cannot access Salt Lake Tribune website from where I am.  Maybe someone else can to get more details about this?

I thought the OP said it was on KUTV. 
 

Did you try Deseret News? Or the Logan Herald-Journal?

Edited December 24, 2019 by Scott Lloyd

[Metis_LDS]

Just now, Scott Lloyd said:

I hope this prompts the Church leaders to take more effective security measures at our temples. 

Scott do you think there was a silent alarm for the building?

[Metis_LDS]

Just now, Scott Lloyd said:

I thought the OP said it was on KUTV. 

Yes but also more on the Tribune.

[Scott Lloyd]

1 minute ago, Metis_LDS said:

Scott do you think there was a silent alarm for the building?

No idea. I would hope so. 

[strappinglad]

Never  cherubim when you need some ! 😪

Edited December 24, 2019 by strappinglad

[Scott Lloyd]

2 minutes ago, strappinglad said:

Never a cherubim when you need one ! 😪

Cherubim is plural for cherub. 

[The Nehor]

14 minutes ago, Metis_LDS said:

Police are saying he broke in at around 3:30 in the morning.  They found he had locked himself into one of the locker rooms, they have him in custody.

Did he lock himself in intentionally or was he really stupid and accidentally locked himself inside? Hoping for the latter.

[strappinglad]

11 minutes ago, Scott Lloyd said:

Cherubim is plural for cherub. 

fixed it Scott. Cherub just sounds too gentle.

[Duncan]

What's bonkers is that the mission home here is somehow linked to some Church security group in SLC, the sister missionaries somehow "accidentally" broke in and triggered some alarm and SLC was notified, you'd think the Temples would be better protected if the mission homes are

[smac97]

https://gephardtdaily.com/breaking/logan-temple-of-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints-vandalized-day-before-christmas/

 

https://kjzz.com/news/local/lds-logan-temple-vandalized-on-christmas-eve

 

https://fox13now.com/2019/12/24/vandal-causes-damage-at-latter-day-saint-temple-in-logan/

 

https://www.deseret.com/utah/2019/12/24/21036629/mormon-lds-logan-temple-vandalized-break-in-police-respond-burglar

 

By 8:30 a.m., Peter Abraham Ambrose, 34, of Smithfield, was found hiding inside a locked room, he said. Police had initially cleared the scene after being unable to find Ambrose, but were called back when temple workers discovered him, the affidavit states.

Ambrose was taken to police headquarters to be interviewed where he told detectives he was upset because it was Christmas and he couldn’t see his children, and because he “can’t get any LDS girls to date him,” Hooley said he told police.

“He stated he used the ladder to climb over the fence. He used the ax to break into the temple and smashed it into a mirror and left it in the wall,” according to the affidavit.

https://www.cachevalleydaily.com/news/archive/2019/12/24/police-arrest-man-suspected-of-breaking-into-and-vandalizing-logan-temple/#.XgJ8WFNlAwA

Edited December 24, 2019 by smac97

[The Nehor]

I am sure this incident will help with future custody disputes and LDS girls will be lining up to date you now!

Edited December 24, 2019 by The Nehor

[Metis_LDS]

Just to be sure that everyone knows the like I gave to smac97 was for posting the different news stories that I cannot access from the UK.

[Jeanne]

Sad to see this.  Not into property damage. 

[InCognitus]

32 minutes ago, The Nehor said:

I am sure this incident will help with future custody disputes and LDS girls will be lining up to date you now!

Yes, but at least now he can truthfully say that he's been through the temple

Edit:  This is a lesson to all the single LDS girls:  be specific when you ask the temple question.

Edited December 24, 2019 by InCognitus

[LoudmouthMormon]

7 minutes ago, InCognitus said:

Edit:  This is a lesson to all the single LDS girls:  be specific when you ask the temple question.

This post made my Christmas.

[Kenngo1969]

Hell, I can't get any Latter-day Saint girls to date me, but I'm sure as heck not gonna break into a Temple and vandalize it with a fire extinguisher and an axe over it.   

Seriously, it sounds as if this guy definitely needs some help.  I hope he gets it, and I hope officials of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are instrumental in helping him in that regard.

[Scott Lloyd]

1 hour ago, strappinglad said:

fixed it Scott. Cherub just sounds too gentle.

So does cherubim. But thanks for fixing it. 

[mfbukowski]

1 hour ago, Scott Lloyd said:

No idea. I would hope so. 

Some temples are never fully empty. A lot of cleaning, brass polishing etc happens overnight. Yet if you were in the right place at the right time, missing maintenance crews, it might take some time to be discovered

[mfbukowski]

1 hour ago, The Nehor said:

Did he lock himself in intentionally or was he really stupid and accidentally locked himself inside? Hoping for the latter.

Probably the former unfortunately. There is a walkthrough of all rooms before the doors are locked.