WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The man who stole a bronze Jackie Robinson statue that was cut off at the ankles and found days later smoldering in a trash can in a city park in Kansas is going to spend about 15 years in prison, although most of that time is related to a burglary that happened a few days after the January statue heist.
FILE - A view of the bronze Jackie Robinson cleats that were left behind when the statue of the legendary baseball pioneer was stolen from a park in the early morning hours, in Wichita, Kan., Jan. 25, 2024.
The League 42 youth baseball league plans to unveil a replacement statue of Robinson crafted from the original mold Monday at a park in Wichita, Kansas. The city was shocked when the statue was cut from its base in January, leaving only the statue's feet behind. The league that primarily serves low-income youth is named after Robinson's uniform number with the Brooklyn Dodgers, with whom he broke the major leagues' color barrier in 1947.
"I let fentanyl take over me and made a lot of poor decisions. I am not going to deny that. I never meant to hurt anybody," he said in court Friday."I am embarrassed, I'm ashamed. Whatever you do today I accept. I am ready for that. I believe I am where I am supposed to be right now because at the rate I am going, I might have been dead."
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