Here’s something you’ve never heard before: If you’re a loose cannon, you could be stolen to pay off a drug debt. (???)
A 38-year-old man in Kansas named Gordon Pierce stole a rare, 800-pound Spanish-American War cannon from a park in Wichita.
He wasn’t a history buff. He owed his drug dealer $20,000, and was worried that the man would KILL HIM and his family if he didn’t pay.
Gordon told police he was scouting copper statues to steal and make back the money. And on April 2nd, he spotted the cannon, figured that might do it, and got a homeless person to help him rip it out of the ground.
He used a chain and a Chevy Tahoe to DRAG it away, then got some tools and cut it up into four or five pieces. He took the pieces to his dealer to show that he was working on the debt, and the dealer called the plan, “stupid.”
A friend turned Gordon in, and he was charged with theft of property, aggravated criminal damage, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
(KSN)
