Crime & Safety

Colts Neck Man Charged With Stealing From Church Poor Box. Again.

Robert Hanna of Colts Neck has been charged for allegedly stealing from churches in Red Bank and Holmdel.

Robert Hanna, 43 of Colts Neck was arrested in Red Bank this week for allegedly stealing more than $200 from the "poor box" at St. James Catholic Church at 25 Drummond Place. 

This is the second time police have accused Hanna for taking money left by parishioners for the poor. In April, he was arrested for breaking into the St. Vincent de Paul Society donation box at.

According to the police report, Hanna is accused of stealing from St. James Church between May and August. 

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Police say Hanna confessed to the Red Bank theft in a videotaped interview.

Hanna is being held in Monmouth County Jail on $1,000 bail, no ten percent option.

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