Man indicted in break-in, desecration of Miamisburg church

Credit: DaytonDailyNews

UPDATE @ 10:55 p.m. (June 23)

A 25-year-old man was indicted today in connection to a break-in last month at Miamisburg Christian Church.

Joshua C. Mullins is charged with desecration, burglary and possession of criminal tools, according to a Montgomery County grand jury report. He is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court.

Joshua C. Mullins

Credit: Montgomery County Jail

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Credit: Montgomery County Jail

He was arrested after Miamisburg police responded around 8 a.m. May 31 on a report of a breaking and entering at the church, 1146 E. Central Ave. A church member who entered the sanctuary saw that someone had ransacked the building.

A police K-9 found the suspect, who has been held in the Montgomery County Jail since his May 31 arrest.

EARLIER (May 31)

Police arrested one person after responding this morning to the report that someone was inside the Miamisburg Christian Church.

Police said a church member entered the sanctuary this morning and saw that someone had ransacked the place. She left and called police to report the break-in.

Miamisburg officers and Montgomery County deputies responded around 8 a.m. to the church on East Central Avenue on a breaking and entering call. Police said a K-9 was able to locate the burglar, who was apparently looking for valuables to steal.

The suspect, whose identity has not been released, told officers that another person was in the church but no one else was found after an extensive search.

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We’re working to gather more details on this developing story.

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