The Omaha Police Department said Wednesday that 22-year-old Wayman Clark was arrested after a felony warrant for robbery was issued. The department said investigators are still working to identify another male believed to have helped in the Sunday robbery that was caught on surveillance video at St. Cecilia Cathedral.
The video shows the woman reading a parish newsletter inside the church’s entrance when one of the suspects approaches her from behind and grabs her purse before running out of the door. The other male strikes the woman in the head, knocking her down, before also fleeing the scene.
The Rev. James Netusil said he was in the sacristy preparing for morning Mass when the assault occurred.
The woman, who wasn’t identified, was helped by a parishioner before being taken to an Omaha hospital, where she was treated and released.