Masked group smashes St. Anne statues, dumps them in roadway

On September 5, 2026, about 1:46 a.m., surveillance showed five masked people entering the property of St. Anne Catholic Church at 2701 E. 12th Street, Pueblo, Colorado. They removed statues of St. Mary, St. Anne, and St. Michael from their pedestals and left them in the 2700 block of E. 12th Street (reported as a traffic hazard around 9:40 a.m.). The St. Michael statue was shattered, including wings and sword; a flower planter was smashed. Police estimated about $6,000 damage. Pueblo Police said the incident does not meet hate-crime criteria under Colorado law. Investigation ongoing; no suspects identified in initial reports.

Coordinates are the Nominatim place_of_worship pin for Saint Anne Catholic Church at 2701 East 12th Street, Pueblo. Bishop Stephen Berg of the Diocese of Pueblo also referenced a separate prior arson at Christ the King parish offices; that arson is not filed here (insufficient public date/damage detail in the same coverage).