Kansas man sentenced to prison for stealing bronze Jackie Robinson statue

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Kansas man sentenced to prison for stealing bronze Jackie Robinson statue

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The man who stole a bronze

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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

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A judge sentenced Ricky Alderete Friday on three different cases that he said in court stemmed from his addiction to fentanyl.

The League 42 youth baseball league plans to unveil a

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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

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uniform number with the Brooklyn Dodgers, with whom he broke the major leagues’ ****** barrier in 1947.

Firefighters found burned remnants of the statue five days

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while responding to a trash can ***** at another park about 7 miles (11.27 kilometers) away.

Alderete pleaded guilty to the theft. He was sentenced to 18 months and ordered to pay $41,500 restitution for stealing the statue. He got the most time for an aggravated burglary that happened Feb. 1 that carried a sentence of 13.5 years in prison.

“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 *****.”

After the original statue was stolen, donations to replace it rolled in, including $100,000 from Major League Baseball. Former New York Yankees manager Joe Torre and Cy Young award winner CC Sabathia are expected to attend Monday’s unveiling.

The bronze cleats that were left behind when the original statue was stolen are now on display at the ****** Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri.

Robinson played for the Kansas City Monarchs of the ****** Leagues before joining the Brooklyn Dodgers, paving the way for generations of ****** ********* ballplayers. He is considered not only a sports legend but also

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. Robinson ***** in 1972.

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