Statue smashed at Brooklyn Heights church

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS (WABC) -- Surveillance cameras were rolling as a vandal opened a gate and knocked a religious statue off its mount.

It happened at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Brooklyn Heights last week.

Damage is estimated at around $2,000.

The church tells Eyewitness News that it plans to press charges not to be mean, but to teach the vandals a lesson.