LAPD Seeks Suspect in Metal Cross Theft from Church Pulpit

Church Pulpit Cross Theft

• 🚨 The LAPD is seeking a man seen on video stealing a metal cross from a church pulpit.
• 📌 The incident occurred when the suspect walked into a church and removed the cross.
• 📞 Authorities are asking for public assistance to identify the individual and are directing tips to the Hollenbeck Division.

Hope for Return

• ✨ The report draws a parallel to a past incident in New Jersey where a baby Jesus statue, stolen in the 1930s, was anonymously returned.
• 💡 The anonymous return of the statue after nearly 90 years suggests a conscience bothered by the theft.
• 🤞 There is hope that the stolen cross will be returned to the church more quickly than the decades-long return of the statue.