Police: Underwear thief arrested at church

ELYRIA, Ohio, June 7 (UPI) -- Police in Ohio said they arrested a man praying in a church after he allegedly stole four packages of underwear from a store.

Elyria police said Marques Jeter, 24, took four packages of underwear from a Family Dollar store about 4:50 p.m. Sunday and struck the manager in the face after she asked to see his receipt, The (Lorain) Morning Journal reported Tuesday.

The police report said Jeter pushed two customers out of the way as he fled the store.

Officers said they spotted Jeter outside of the nearby United Church of Christ and arrested him while he was praying in an "unintelligible manner" in the basement of the facility.

Jeter was taken to the Lorain County Jail on a robbery charge.