Pastor reports church parsonage burglarized in Cape

Centenary United Methodist Church's pastor came home Thursday night to find the parsonage where he resides being burglarized by two men. Cape Girardeau police spokesman Darin Hickey said the pastor reported to police seeing one man in a nearby alley and another standing in the open doorway when he arrived at the house at 700 Bellevue St. around 8:45 p.m. Thursday. Hickey said the pastor yelled at the men and both fled. The pastor told police that the man in the doorway fled on foot to the west. He did not see the direction the other man fled, Hickey said. The suspects gained entry to the home by breaking a window in the door, according to police. Hickey said the pastor did a quick check of the home and told police he did not initially see anything missing but planned to make a further report to police, which had not been made as of Friday morning. No one is in custody and the incident remains under investigation.

Pertinent address:

700 Bellevue St., Cape Girardeau, MO