Church volunteers are left puzzled after a barefoot bandit busted into the house of worship to snatch odds and ends and clog the toilet.

Surveillance video from the Community Church of Lauderdale-By-The-Sea shows a man wearing a tank top and bathing suit bust his way inside, pulling a cart behind him, Sunday afternoon.

“It’s just a case of opportunity. I assume,” said Barbara Lane, a volunteer for the church. “It looked like it was a chair and beach umbrella.”

Instead of searching for salvation, the man appears to spend several minutes inside the church’s bathroom, appearing to drop something inside his cart.

Moments later, he seems to be checking out the church’s food pantry donation box before turning his attention to the audio-visual booth and spotting the church’s iPad.

“[He] put

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