A California pastor trained in mixed martial arts fought off an ax-toting burglar who broke into his church on Thanksgiving. The burglar used the ax to smash open a window at the First Family Church ...

The pastor said the attempted burglar likely caused thousands of dollars in damage to the church. When a would-be burglar broke in to a California church on Thanksgiving day, he encountered an ...

A Thanksgiving burglar got more than he bargained for early Thursday morning after breaking into an Antioch church. Turns out the church’s pastor is trained in martial arts and confronted the would-be ...

“It’s just ironic. If he had come a couple of days earlier, he would have been blessed and get some food and be cared for," Pastor Nick Neves said of the thief Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at ...

ANTIOCH, Calif. (CNN) - A California pastor determined to defend his house of worship fought off a would-be burglary with his jiu-jitsu training. The incident happened on Thanksgiving at First Family ...

ANTIOCH, Calif. -- When a would-be burglar broke in to a California church on Thanksgiving day, he encountered an unexpected obstacle: A pastor, trained in martial arts and determined to defend his ...