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Police: Woman drove car into Scientology doors because church is ‘evil’

Erin McMurtry, 31, was charged with criminal mischief at a place of worship and was booked into Travis County Jail after she drove through the glass doors of the Church of Scientology of Texas, across the street from the University of Texas, on Dec. 14, 2015.
Erin McMurtry, 31, was charged with criminal mischief at a place of worship and was booked into Travis County Jail after she drove through the glass doors of the Church of Scientology of Texas, across the street from the University of Texas, on Dec. 14, 2015.
By Roberto Villalpando
Dec 17, 2015

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Shortly before 9 p.m., witnesses in the Church of Scientology of Texas building on the corner of 22nd and Guadalupe streets told police they had seen the silver sedan parked on the Drag in the bike lane for about 10 minutes before watching it “methodically drive onto the curb in between poles” on the sidewalk in front of the entrance, the affidavit said.

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