From Pittsburgh-On Christmas Eve, when baby Jesus is placed in the creche in Downtown's Trinity Cathedral, worshippers may wish to offer a prayer of thanks for Pittsburgh police officers, a regular churchgoer, a local art conservator and an architect.
That's the ensemble cast that swung into action after the Christ child statue disappeared from the manger Jan. 27. Canon Catherine Brall, provost of the Episcopal cathedral, reported the theft to police.
The next night, four Pittsburgh police officers confronted a man causing a disturbance in the 800 block of Western Avenue on the North Side. Kuganda Goodfellow Mugala, 56, ran from the officers and threw a rock that struck Officer David O'Neil.
After a foot chase, Mr. Mugala was caught and subdued at 9:15 p.m. on Rope Way by Officers Scot Bobak, Anthony Beatty and Kimberly Stanley. He was charged with aggravated assault, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. Officers gathered his belongings and stored them at the Zone 1 police station while Mr. Mugala was held in the Allegheny County Jail.
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