Jackie Robinson statue stolen from Kansas park; authorities offering up to $7,500 reward for tips
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Authorities are offering up to $7,500 in rewards for tips after a statue of baseball legend Jackie Robinson was stolen from a park in Wichita, Kansas.
Authorities are calling on the public for help in finding the suspects who stole a statue of baseball legend Jackie Robinson from a public park in Wichita, Kansas.
Surveillance video captured the suspects entering Jackie Robinson Pavilion in McAdams Park around midnight on Thursday and removing the statue, placing it in a pickup truck.
The suspects cut off the statue at the ankles, leaving behind only Robinson's feet. The city estimates the damages are around $75,000.
"I’m frustrated by the actions of those individuals who had the audacity to take the statue of Jackie Robinson from a park where kids and families and our community gather to learn the history of Jackie Robinson, an American icon, and play the game of baseball," Wichita Chief of Police Joe Sullivan said during a Friday press conference. "This should upset all of us. What troubles me even more is that the theft occurred just before the beginning of February, which marks the start of Black History Month."
