Authorities were called to a church in Bridgeton, New Jersey, after reports of a man throwing rocks through stained-glass windows, according to news reports.

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The incident happened at Immaculate Conception Holy Cross Church on Saturday, NJ.com reported.

Witnesses called police and described the suspect, reporting that the man had thrown two large rocks through two stained-glass windows at the church.

Police said they arrested a suspect identified as Norris Glass III, 40, at a nearby gas station, according to NJ.com.

Glass is facing criminal mischief charges after police said he caused $4,000 in damage to the church.

Glass is no stranger to authorities. He was convicted of criminal trespassing in 2013 and pleaded guilty to obstructing the administration of law in 2017, the news outlet reported.

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The renovation of Jekyll Island's Great Dunes golf course includes nine holes designed by Walter Travis in the 1920s for the members of the Jekyll Island Club. Several holes that were part of the original layout where located along the beach and were bulldozed in the 1950s.(Photo by Austin Kaseman)

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