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Police: Long Island Man Faces Hate Crime Charges For Stealing From Nuns

HUNTINGTON STATION, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) -- A Long Island man is accused of burglarizing the same convent twice in one month.

Roberto Pantoja allegedly broke into the Saint Hugh of Lincoln Convent in Huntington Station on March 7 and March 26, stealing cash and property from the nuns who live there, police said.

The 31-year-old is charged with two counts of second-degree burglary as a hate crime.

He is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday at First District Court in Central Islip.

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