NBC Bay Area: Arrest made in South Bay break-ins targeting cash donations at churches and temples

A San Jose man has been charged with a series of burglaries at churches and temples throughout the South Bay and investigators are searching for other suspects who may be involved in the break-ins targeting cash donations.

Jaime Gutierrez Flores was arraigned Wednesday on the charges, which include at least seven other burglaries, assaulting a police officer, and allegedly working with other men to burglarize a Hindu temple three different times in less than a month, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office.

"Our schools, our homes, our places of worship, are special and sacred places and when they are invaded by criminals it feels as though our whole community has been violated," District Attorney Jeff Rosen said in a statement. "Our Office will hold this criminal, and anyone who acted with him, fully responsible to the law."