Teen vandals were caught on surveillance video snatching a religious statue from a Queens church and throwing it to the pavement, breaking the figure of an angel into pieces, cops said Sunday.
The trio can be seen on video at the rear of the Holy Family Roman Catholic Church at 175-20 74th Avenue in Fresh Meadows around 10 p.m. Thursday, according to cops.
Two of them reached down into a fenced-in area and pulled the concrete angel up from the ground, walked away a few feet and then threw the statue to the pavement, where it shattered into several pieces, the video shows.
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The threesome, described as being between 15 and 17, then fled on foot.
They are being sought for criminal mischief, cops said.
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The statue’s value was estimated at around $500.
The Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating.
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