A Catholic Church in Miami is Vandalized - Police Arrest a Woman, Age 44, Caught on Camera Vandalizing St. Timothy's Church

 St. Timothy Catholic Church in southwest Miami-Dade was vandalized early Sunday morning.
Authorities in Miami-Dade County are investigating after a church was vandalized. According to police, officers responded to a report of criminal mischief at St. Timothy Catholic Church in southwest Miami-Dade early Sunday morning.
After arriving at approximately 2:50 a.m., officers began an investigation and discovered that unknown subjects entered the church and graffitied the walls. They also damaged several potted plants before leaving.
Police said there were no signs of forced entry into the church.

Alfa Illescas, age 44, has been arrested after, police said, she spray-painted the walls of St. Timothy Catholic Church in Southwest Miami-Dade, kicked over trash bins and broke parts of the altar of a saint.


Miami-Dade Police arrested a woman they said vandalized a church in southwest Miami-Dade in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Alfa Illescas, 44, was charged with one count of criminal mischief on a church or place of worship.
According to police, several unknown suspects enter the church and proceeded to graffiti the walls - posting words like ‘perverts’ and ‘pigs.’
Surveillance footage showed a person, later identified as Illescas, walking through the school and spray painting the walls along with various other areas. She was also seen kicking over trash bins and breaking parts of an alter.
"This is a tragedy, that a sacred place like a Catholic school and church property is vandalized. It's a hate crime," the Archdiocese of Miami said in an official statement.

Sources: NBC 6 - WSVN - TV