The St Louis Church Burglar is "Catholic"

Frank Zdanowski Jr. decided to lay low after the TV started calling him the "Church Burglar."

He didn't like the attention, police said he told them while confessing to a string of church break-ins. And he didn't like the nickname. He'd rather be called the "Church Bandit," they said.

Are there other names used for people who get caught?

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Zdanowski, 38, of St. Louis, was charged Tuesday with breaking into three churches in south St. Louis County, beginning Jan. 4. Charges in the city cases were pending.

...he steered clear of Catholic churches, police said. "He didn't want to run into a pastor on the property," said St. Louis County police Detective Ron Keilholz. There could be another reason, police said. Zdanowski told detectives he is a Catholic.

What led police to him?

Investigators said he tried to use a credit card taken Jan. 14 from Bayless Baptist Church at 8512 Morganford Road. Detectives got a surveillance picture from the incident at the Schnucks store at South Grand Boulevard and Gravois Avenue.

Excerpts courtesy of the Post Dispatch