A Gwinnett County woman is free on bond after she vandalized a local church, breaking windows and spreading blood all over the sanctuary, according to authorities.
The crime occurred June 28 at the New Life Fellowship Church on Martins Chapel Road outside of Lawrenceville.
The church's associate pastor discovered the vandalism as he arrived for Sunday services.
Steve Cochran gave Channel 2’s Gwinnett Bureau Chief Tony Thomas a tour of the facility.
"We followed a trail of blood around the sanctuary," Cochran said
Cochran showed Thomas where blood had been wiped away from pews, walls, and the pulpit. Blood stains still mark Cochran’s bible.
"She placed her hand right there because there was a lot of blood on this,” Cochran said.
A Gwinnett County police report said Tamerin Brown broke out several stained glass windows and left blood in the bottom of a cross at the front of the worship area.
"She walked up here, busted out these windows and put her hand right here because there was blood here, busted out those windows. I just think she was in a bad spot, and she come to the right spot," Cochran said.
A week and a half after the crime, police booked Brown into jail. She is charged with vandalism to a place of worship.
Police records and 911 recordings show a night of erratic behavior by brown before she allegedly broke into the church.
One caller told emergency dispatchers "She is walking around Sugarloaf Parkway, talking about, ‘I am going to go to God. I'm gonna find Jesus.’"
Another caller nearly two hours later found Brown lying in the middle of the road.
"She is hallucinating. She is going to get killed," the caller said.
Brown has bailed out of jail and could not be reached for comment.
Cochran said he would like to talk with her. He plans to continue using his blood-stained Bible.
"We have to forgive. I'm hoping it changed her life, because that Bible changed my life," Cochran said.
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