Police employee arrested in street fight

A civilian employee of the Philadelphia Police Department has been criminally charged after she got into a street fight Sunday afternoon in South Philadelphia.

Kathy Pugh, a 27-year veteran assigned to the Reports Control Unit, was charged with aggravated and simple assault, criminal conspiracy and recklessly endangering another person for the 1 p.m. brawl with a 38-year-old woman on American Street near Porter, police said. Pugh, 52, of 18th Street near Carpenter, also has been suspended for 30 days with intent to dismiss, police said.

Pugh was released on bail and faces a July 8 preliminary hearing, court records show.