Church thief seeks redemption

Someone made off with loot from a church near Atlanta, Georgia but also left behind an apology.

A note scrawled on the wall said: "Sorry but I'm poor. Forgive me Lord."

The Reverend Roger Davis tells a local television station that expensive equipment including microphones and a laptop containing important records were stolen over the weekend from Berean Baptist Church in Georgia.

The burglar broke locks and the church's safe, but it was empty.

It was the fourth time the church in Ellenwood, southeast of Atlanta, has been robbed in two years.

Davis joked he's considering putting up a note of his own telling potential robbers to call him instead and the church will take up a collection for them.

- AP