Kansas man allegedly stole rare, historic 800-pound cannon from park for drug money: report

A Kansas antheral reportedly stole an 800-pound historical cannon from a section parkland for cause money, according to recently released tribunal documents.

An apprehension affidavit, obtained by KAKE News, states that Gordon Pierce III, 37, told Wichita constabulary officers that helium believed his beingness was successful information aft a cause trader claimed that Pierce owed him money, starring him to bargain the cannon for money.

The study states that Pierce told constabulary helium went searching for copper statues to bargain to marque wealth to wage backmost the trader and recovered the 800-pound cannon connected the greeting of April 2.

Pierce allegedly told the officers helium had been a meth idiosyncratic for 20 years and went to his cause trader who gave him a lb of meth, but helium was not comfy with that magnitude due to the fact that helium would not beryllium capable to merchantability it.

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Newly released tribunal documents shed airy connected wherefore a uncommon Spanish-American War cannon was stolen from a Wichita parkland and chopped into pieces past month. (Sedgwick County Jail/KAKE News)

He told constabulary that idiosyncratic attacked him and stole the meth, but the trader did not judge him and wanted $20,000 oregon "he would sprout him and his family."

Pierce told constabulary helium saw a stateless antheral astatine a adjacent pavilion and offered the antheral meth and a tube successful speech for helping him concatenation the cannon, the outlet reported. The stateless antheral agreed to assistance Pierce and past the 2 smoked meth unneurotic astatine the parkland earlier attempting to bargain the cannon, the study reads.

Due to the value of the cannon, Pierce told constabulary that helium and the stateless antheral were incapable to load the cannon into his Chevrolet Tahoe, according to the report. Pierce besides told constabulary helium tried to propulsion the cannon with his SUV, but the concatenation kept snapping. 

Pierce past near the cannon and drove to a adjacent friend's location to get a caller chain, according to the report. His person declined to assistance him determination the cannon, but Pierce was capable to resistance it to his friend's location and store it wrong his garage.

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Newly released tribunal documents bespeak that a Wichita antheral who stole an 800-pound historical cannon from a section parkland did truthful for cause money. (KAKE News)

Pierce reportedly told constabulary that implicit the adjacent respective hours helium utilized a Sawzall to chopped the cannon into 4 to 5 pieces, which helium placed successful his Tahoe, leaving the largest portion of the cannon successful his friend’s garage.

The affidavit states that Pierce told constabulary helium took the cannon pieces to his cause trader to amusement him helium was trying to get him the wealth helium owed. But the cause trader called Pierce "stupid," telling him helium is going to "bring vigor to his house" and to "get out."

The cause trader besides reportedly told Pierce helium was going to "shoot him successful the caput adjacent clip helium saw him."

Pierce told constabulary the menace made him consciousness "helpless" and helium went to his mother's location to explicate what happened.

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The Wichita Police Department said respective weapons were recovered from the scene. (Wichita Police Department)

He allegedly told constabulary helium chose the cannon due to the fact that it was successful a acheronian area; a detective said Pierce did not person a circumstantial program to merchantability the cannon pieces since helium did not person an ID, which is typically required to merchantability scrap materials.

Police said they followed indentations successful the roadworthy that were allegedly caused by Pierce dragging the cannon to his friend's house, wherever helium told officers wherever to find him.

Officers allegedly recovered a wide baggie of a achromatic crystal-like substance connected Pierce during his arrest, which helium told constabulary was methamphetamine. 

He remains successful the Sedgwick County Jail connected charges of theft of property, aggravated transgression harm to spot and possession of cause paraphernalia. His enslaved is acceptable astatine $200,000. Pierce besides waived his preliminary proceeding and is acceptable for arraignment connected May 22.

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Historians told KSN the cannon is "irreplaceable." 

"This cannon was talented to the City successful 1900 and is simply a priceless fixture successful our community," Wichita constabulary said successful an update connected the department's Facebook page. 

"This swift probe shows our dedication to holding individuals liable erstwhile they victimize our community."

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