{"id":96463,"date":"2026-01-11T15:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T15:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/96463\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T15:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T15:30:08","slug":"wild-moment-cops-tase-crazed-man-in-nyc-church-during-morning-mass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/96463\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild moment cops Tase crazed man in NYC church during morning Mass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wild video shows the moment cops Tased a crazed man inside a New York City church after he stormed the altar and disrupted Mass \u2014 as horrified parishioners looked on.<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD was called to St. Ann\u2019s Roman Catholic Church in Staten Island after reports of a disruptive person who was trashing the place,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/post\/man-tased-arrested-altar-during-violent-disturbance-church-staten-island\/18384804\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">WABC reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Shocking video filmed by a parishioner shows the man being Tased by a police officer as the priest ducked out of the way behind the altar during the 7 a.m. Friday Mass.<\/p>\n<p>The two arresting officers punched the man repeatedly in the head as they struggled to get him in handcuffs.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.59570313;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38152935\" width=\"351\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/man-tased-arrested-altar-violent-118707448.jpg\" alt=\"Man being arrested at an altar in a church, next to votive candles and flowers.\" class=\"wp-image-38152935\"  \/>A disruptive man was arrested after storming a Staten Island church during morning Mass. ABC<\/p>\n<p>At one stage, the man broke free and started fighting back, sending a display of flowers behind the altar flying.<\/p>\n<p>Before the parishioner started filming, the 28-year-old man snatched, tossed and damaged several religious items on the altar, the church\u2019s pastor, Rev. Jacob Thumma,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.silive.com\/crime-safety\/2026\/01\/man-damages-altar-in-shocking-rampage-at-mass-at-staten-island-church-pastor-says.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">told Staten Island Live<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re just cleaning up the mess now in the church as we speak,\u201d Father Thumma told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.34207077;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38152933\" width=\"792\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/st-anns-church-dongan-hills-118707447.jpg\" alt=\"St. Ann's Church in Dongan Hills, Staten Island, New York.\" class=\"wp-image-38152933\"  \/>Two cops were injured during wild scenes at St. Ann\u2019s Roman Catholic Church in Dongan Hills. St Ann Church\/Facebook<\/p>\n<p>Police had tried speaking to the man before he became violent and belligerant.<\/p>\n<p>Cops were finally able to get the man under control and brought into custody, where charges were pending.<\/p>\n<p>The unidentified individual was taken to the hospital for a medical evaluation.<\/p>\n<p>He is reportedly not a parishioner.<\/p>\n<p>The two arresting officers were treated for minor injuries including a laceration to the head and a knee injury following the brawl.<\/p>\n<p>Minor damage was also sustained to the church altar and the marble floor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wild video shows the moment cops Tased a crazed man inside a New York City church after he&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96464,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[3283,4840,57,9,56,63,65,64,134,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-96463","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-arrests","9":"tag-catholic-church","10":"tag-metro","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-ny","13":"tag-nyc","14":"tag-nyc-headlines","15":"tag-nyc-news","16":"tag-staten-island","17":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}