Stolen baby Jesus returned in Smithtown
A baby Jesus missing from a Nativity scene at the Smithtown Library since Christmas Eve has been found on the front lawn of a Nesconset volunteer firefighter, officials said Tuesday.
The firefighter reported the find to his commissioner, Vincent Puleo, who is also the town clerk of Smithtown, Puleo said.
Puleo said he knew about the missing figure and arranged for its return to John Vigliante, owner of Branch Funeral Home, which puts up the Nativity scene and a menorah every year at the town's Christmas tree lighting ceremony on library grounds at North Country Road and Main Street.
"I guess that even the criminal mind has a fear of God," Vigliante, 70, said Tuesday.
In Nassau County, police said Tuesday that a baby Jesus taken from a Nativity scene in front of St. Mary's Church on Bryant Avenue in Roslyn a couple of days after Christmas has not been returned.
Sixth Precinct detectives ask anyone with information to call Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 800-244-TIPS.
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