A 54-year-old man was arrested in santa cruz on Friday, after police say he broke a historic statue, while trying to steal it from Holy Cross Church. Police say Santa Cruz resident Lee Wilson admitted to officers, that he broke the wooden statue of Saint Joseph, as he was trying to take it from its perch beneath an archway. The statue was in the original Santa Cruz Mission, and could cost thousands of dollars to repair. Wilson was booked into Santa Cruz County Jail, for felony vandalism, grand theft, and a probation violation.
