WALPOLE, MASS. (WHDH) - Police are searching for a suspect after they say someone forced their way into a  Walpole church and stole from the depository box.

Union Congregational Church employees noticed the break-in when they arrived for work Tuesday morning.

Walpole Police Chief John Carmichael says this church has been broken into before.

“Basically what they were were people that were homeless that were mostly looking for shelter, something to eat, a place to stay for the night,” Carmichael said. “However, there’s been thefts that have occurred in the past, so we did make arrests on that.”

Carmichael says they are looking for any surveillance images from the area that could help identify a suspect.

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