A San Dimas resident was charged April 17 with felony vandalism and a probation violation after destroying parts of Christ Church by the Sea in Newport Beach on April 15.
Authorities allege 27-year-old Nicolas Briones smashed the church’s stained-glass windows and doors with a baseball bat early Saturday morning.
Newport Beach Police responded to a call around 2:46 a.m. of a vandalism in progress at the church and detained Briones, according to Newport Beach Police Spokesperson Lt. Brad Miller. He is now being held in Orange County Jail.
Briones had just been released from jail April 11 on a separate felony vandalism charge from March and was on a two-year probation….