Police have arrested a 20-year-old found with a ceremonial chalice from St. Helen’s church in Queens. Theodore Kurplewski was picked up at his home, just a few blocks from the holy house, and charged with burglary, possession of stolen property, and criminal mischief, reports the Post. A month ago two chalices—together worth $11,000—went missing from the church. One, worth $10,000 has now been recovered. Rev. Robert Keighron noted that the thief was unlikely to get much for the gold cup since his name was carved in the bottom of it. “The value to [the robbers], I don’t understand,” he told the Queens Courier. “It would seem very hard to sell.”
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