NEW YORK \u2014 A man who is accused of burglarizing a local church has been arrested after a standoff with police in New York City.<\/p>\n
The Rochester Borough Police Department said Arthur Jack<\/a>, 55, of Rochester, was taken into custody by the NYPD early Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n Investigators said his arrest came after a brief standoff along subway tracks.<\/p>\n He was identified as a suspect in a burglary that happened at Grace Lutheran Church on Sunday.<\/p>\n PREVIOUS COVERAGE >>> Man accused of burglarizing local church, police looking to identify suspect<\/a><\/p>\n Church leaders said he stole offerings for a soup dinner and rummaged through gift donations that were meant to be donated to the The Salvation Army<\/a> and Glade Run<\/a>.<\/p>\n We\u2019re told Jack entered a \u201ccommercial establishment\u201d on Wednesday and stole about $285 from a locked donation box.<\/p>\n The New York Post<\/a> reported that Jack took that money from the Congregation Shaarei Zion of Bobov. <\/p>\n According to the NYPD, community members then chased Jack to the D-Line train station in Brooklyn where he jumped onto the tracks.\u00a0<\/p>\n Report say this is not the first time Jack has been in trouble in New York City. They said he broke into a Flatbush synagogue and stole a bottle of vodka and scotch in 2012. The New York Post added that Jack had 17 previous arrests and spent 10 years in a correctional institute in New York for other burglaries. He was released in 2023. <\/p>\n He will be extradited back to Beaver County.<\/p>\n Download the FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n Follow Channel 11 News on Facebook<\/a> and Twitter<\/a>. | Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n \u00a92025 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n