Thomas Campbell Bolling Von Goetz, 56, was arrested and charged with multiple offenses following a sacrilegious rampage on Tuesday

A 56-year-old man accused of pouring whiskey into holy water and assaulting local residents was arrested and faces seven charges in Leonardtown, Md., according to the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s

A Maryland man is facing multiple charges after allegedly disrupting two Christmas Eve services in St. Mary's County.

Later in the night at a midnight mass at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Leonardtown, Maryland, Von Goetz turned up with a bottle of whiskey and allegedly disrupted the service by pouring it into the holy water before threatening to harm the parishioners.

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A fiend went on a sacrilegious rampage at two Maryland churches on Christmas Eve, pouring whiskey in the holy water at one place of worship before he was detained by fed-up parishioners, authorities said.

Governor Wes Moore sent out a release making Christmas Eve a state holiday, meaning state agencies will be closed.

Turning holy water into whiskey has one man in jail tonight. On Christmas Eve, a man disrupted two churches in Maryland. A rather bizarre story that has the sheriff's office on alert for people in need of mental help.

A man is facing multiple charges after disrupting Christmas Eve services at two St. Mary’s County churches, alarming parishioners and endangering public safety. Thomas Campbell Bolling Von Goetz, 56,