Police in rural northeast Nevada are searching for an arson suspect or suspects in connection with a break-in at a Mormon church in Elko, where two fires were intentionally set over the weekend.
An organ and piano were set on fire inside the chapel and a stove in the kitchen of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, widely known as the Mormon church, police said.
The flames caused significant fire and smoke damage.
Police told the Elko Daily Free Press that the suspect or suspects broke a glass door to get into the church on the city’s northwest edge Saturday night and the fires started.
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Nevada police are searching for the suspects responsible for the arson inside an LDS church.
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Emergency services found several items had been removed and were sitting in the parking lot when they arrived on the scene at 12:10 a.m. Sunday. Elko firefighters extinguished the flames.
LDS communications director Terri Clark said the congregation’s membership will be spread out among three other LDS churches in Elko during an extensive redevelopment effort.
Clark says they’re grateful for the offers of help they’ve received from local residents. She said the church expects the surrounding community to “be supportive and kind to one another, regardless of background or beliefs,” and to be “neighborly and inclusive.”
Anyone with information is asked to contact Elko detectives at 775-777-7310.
