Thomas Stevenson Andrews, 32, was charged with breaking and entering, according to a Riverside police report.
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Andrews reportedly broke into First Church of the Open Bible on July 8 and took three televisions.
Andrews left the scene before police arrived, but officers were able to identify him through video surveillance and DNA collected at the church.
Andrews told a detective that he broke into the church because he was cold and hungry and he thought the church would have some clothes or something to eat, according to the report.
He took the TVs because he thought he could sell them, but instead gave them away.
Andrews refused to tell the detective to whom he gave the TVs, according to the report.
The case will be presented to a grand jury.
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A 32-year-old Dayton man is pleading not guilty to break-ins last month at Stivers School for the Arts and Holy Family Catholic Church.
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Thomas Stevenson Andrews was arraigned Tuesday on two felony breaking and entering charges in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court.
He is accused in the Sept. 2 break-in at the school, 1313 E. Fifth St., and the Sept. 6 break-in at the church, 140 S. Findlay St.
A Montgomery County grand jury indicted Andrews on Oct. 12.
Andrews was arrested Sept. 6 after a 911 caller reported to police that someone was going in and out of the church carrying trash bags.
When police arrived, the suspect dropped a bag and ran.
He was caught after a short foot chase.
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