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Three charged with LDS church vandalism

BURLEY -- Two men and a woman from southern Idaho have been charged with vandalism and theft at two Mormon churches last weekend.

Michael Slack, 19, and Joshua Pierce, 20, both of Burley, were arrested Wednesday. Adelia Ann Saunders, 18, of Heyburn, was arrested Thursday.

The three were charged in 5th District Court with felony vandalism, burglary and grand theft in break-ins at two churches last Sunday.

Police have asked prosecutors to file additional "hate crime" charges if they determine the defendants were motivated by bias against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A picture of the Mormon leader, Gordon B. Hinckley, was torn up at one church and another picture had the face of Jesus cut from it.

According to police, the three have acknowledged taking a computer, software and papers from the churches, and dumping the items into the Snake River near Milner Dam