By: Clayton Cummins
PURCELL, Oklahoma -
An arrest warrant has been issued for an Oklahoma City man accused of breaking into over 10 churches statewide.
Sterling Morris, 35, is charged with second-degree burglary, injuring a church or contents and pattern of criminal offenses in McClain County.
Investigators believe Morris spent hours ransacking the Johnson Road Baptist Church in Purcell after breaking in on January 15. Between damage done and the amount of property stolen, the church is estimated to be out tens of thousands of dollars.
Seven months following the crime, church leaders said they’re still suffering.
“We don’t have any music equipment or anything like that,” said Mark Brown, who is responsible for maintenance at the Johnson Road Baptist Church. “It’s almost like starting over.”