SEDGWICK COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities investigating the theft of a Jackie Robinson statue in Wichita released security camera video of the crime. It shows the vandals cut the League 42 statue off just above Jackie Robinson's feet, load it into a truck and take it away.
According to the city, the crime occurred around midnight Wednesday, at the Jackie Robinson Pavilion in McAdams Park, 1329 E 16th Street N, Interstate 135 and 13th Street area.
League 42, named in honor of the great Jackie Robinson, the first African-American in Major League Baseball, is a youth baseball league comprised primarily of urban children ages 5 – 14 in the Wichita area, according to the organization's web site.
Police are asking for help to find the perpetrators of this crime. Please call investigators at 316-268-4407 or call Crime Stoppers at 316-267-2111