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<\/source><\/picture>Brian Scoggin, Megan Garrett, Josh Mix, Mark Hall, Chris Huffman, Melodee Devevo and Juan DeVevo of The Casting Crowns <\/span> | Jason Kempin\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAfter two decades atop the Christian music charts, Casting Crowns is touring the country \u2014 and attracting some drama on the way.<\/p>\n
The Grammy Award-winning band is on the road for the Casting Crowns\u2019 20th Anniversary Tour: A Live Symphony Experience<\/a>, with tour stops scheduled from California to Texas and all the way to New York. But it\u2019s fair to say the month of October might have been the most eventful of the tour so far.<\/p>\nOn Oct. 6, during a stop in Topeka, Kansas, one of the band\u2019s trucks was stolen while they performed at the Topeka Performing Arts Center, according to reports.<\/p>\n
Police told NBC affiliate KSNT-TV that officers were called out around 10:30 p.m. to help recover a stolen semi-truck, which was later found with minor damage a few miles from the venue.<\/p>\n
A 39-year-old woman named Stacie Sayles was arrested in connection with the theft, according to police. She was later booked on charges of vehicle burglary, theft of $100,000 or more from a motor vehicle, felony criminal damage, and driving with a suspended license, according to KSNT-TV.<\/p>\n
In response to her arrest, Casting Crowns frontman Mark Hall called on fans to pray for the woman.<\/p>\n
\u201cCan you please join me in praying for Stacie? Pray that she will sense God working in her heart and that she will surrender to Him. She\u2019s so much more than a thief. She\u2019s a soul that needs a Savior,\u201d Hall wrote in an Oct. 7 Instagram post.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\nLess than two weeks later, during a performance at the University of Texas Permian Basin in Odessa, Texas, a man who tried to enter the event without a ticket was later shot by police after he stole a tractor and drove the vehicle onto a highway, according to one local report<\/a>.<\/p>\nAt one point, officers said the driver ran into at least two police vehicles and \u201cpurposely\u201d drove the tractor toward officers, who opened fire and shot the suspect.<\/p>\n
The suspect, who has not been identified, was hospitalized in critical condition. No officers or concert guests were injured.<\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/picture>After two decades atop the Christian music charts, Casting Crowns is touring the country \u2014 and attracting some drama on the way.<\/p>\n
The Grammy Award-winning band is on the road for the Casting Crowns\u2019 20th Anniversary Tour: A Live Symphony Experience<\/a>, with tour stops scheduled from California to Texas and all the way to New York. But it\u2019s fair to say the month of October might have been the most eventful of the tour so far.<\/p>\n On Oct. 6, during a stop in Topeka, Kansas, one of the band\u2019s trucks was stolen while they performed at the Topeka Performing Arts Center, according to reports.<\/p>\n Police told NBC affiliate KSNT-TV that officers were called out around 10:30 p.m. to help recover a stolen semi-truck, which was later found with minor damage a few miles from the venue.<\/p>\n A 39-year-old woman named Stacie Sayles was arrested in connection with the theft, according to police. She was later booked on charges of vehicle burglary, theft of $100,000 or more from a motor vehicle, felony criminal damage, and driving with a suspended license, according to KSNT-TV.<\/p>\n In response to her arrest, Casting Crowns frontman Mark Hall called on fans to pray for the woman.<\/p>\n \u201cCan you please join me in praying for Stacie? Pray that she will sense God working in her heart and that she will surrender to Him. She\u2019s so much more than a thief. She\u2019s a soul that needs a Savior,\u201d Hall wrote in an Oct. 7 Instagram post.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n Less than two weeks later, during a performance at the University of Texas Permian Basin in Odessa, Texas, a man who tried to enter the event without a ticket was later shot by police after he stole a tractor and drove the vehicle onto a highway, according to one local report<\/a>.<\/p>\n At one point, officers said the driver ran into at least two police vehicles and \u201cpurposely\u201d drove the tractor toward officers, who opened fire and shot the suspect.<\/p>\n The suspect, who has not been identified, was hospitalized in critical condition. No officers or concert guests were injured.<\/p>\n