On the morning of September 9, the Wimberley United Methodist Church opened its doors to find that the church had been ransacked.
“Church personnel reported the facility had been broken into, a large amount of damage had been cause[d],” Hays County Sheriff’s Department reported on social media. “Several computers and Bibles had been stolen from the church.”
The church declined to comment. The sheriff’s office said that damage done was to heating and cooling vents, there were holes in walls and items were thrown around. They said that the property stolen was returned.
Deputies located Timothy Grimmer, 38, near the church. Surveillance footage showed Grimmer breaking into the church. He was arrested and charged with burglary of a building, a state jail felony. His vehicle was towed from the area. As of Thursday morning, Grimmer was still being held in Hays County Jail on a $5,000 bond.
