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As parishioners left their church in Manhasset this morning, police were looking for clues and fingerprints after a burglar ransacked a room in the house of worship.

Church leaders at Mount Olive Baptist Church believe the break-in happened sometime between late Friday night and early this morning. When the church pastor arrived at 9:30 a.m. today, he found his office in a state of disarray.

Church officials say it appears the intruder was searching for cash, but found none and instead got away with the church's checkbook. The church's audio equipment wasn't disturbed.

The stolen checks have been canceled, but parishioners say the incident is upsetting.

"It sounds like it was someone who was in need, but all they had to do is come to the church," says parishioner Theresa Harris. "The church would help them out. They should have taken a bible or two, but they didn't take one of those."

Anyone with information is urged to call Nassau Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS.

As parishioners left their church in Manhasset this morning, police were looking for clues and fingerprints after a burglar ransacked a room in the house of worship.    Church leaders at Mount Olive

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But on Sunday, we are going to watch showers throughout the day, the worst of this weather will get here at night. So at least that's the good news. Most of the really bad stuff with the heavy rain and strong winds will be overnight Sunday and hopefully we most of us are sleeping through it. So 55 Saturday, 60 on Sunday, but it will get breezy through the day, strong winds by the evening with that heavy rainfall, we could get 2 to 3 inches, maybe more in some spots. So that's some pretty heavy rain. There could be a little bit of flooding in some spots overnight. Sunday, here's a look at your Sunday timeline. The morning is dry, you see the clouds 10 a.m. we could have a spot shower. Most of that rainfall will come in after two, the heavier rain with the big front that's passing by will come in after eight o'clock. So especially around midnight, that's when we could see the worst of it. So Saturday looks nice. It's partly sunny, it's warmer. We're in the fifties. Temperatures are about 10 degrees above normal. And by Sunday morning we start the day in the fifties, we're going up close to 60. This is two o'clock in the afternoon and we do see these showers popping up so they'll be hitting. You have to expect some wet weather on Sunday. But this big front that will bring the heavy steadier rain is off to our west until about eight o'clock in the evening. Slowly passing by overnight. This is 2 to 3 a.m. and we have that heavy rainfall with the strong winds in Suffolk County trekking towards the east end Monday morning and then it will get out of here during the height of that heavy rain. We could see winds gusting 40 to 50 MPH, but.

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Burglar targets Mount Olive Baptist Church in Manhasset