Posted on 01/11/2023 6:29:03 PM PST by Phoenix8
The Phoenix Police Department arrested a man on Tuesday for allegedly stealing a statue from the Make-A-Wish Foundation's headquarters of a 7-year-old boy who inspired the creation of the organization.
Troy Burke, 32, was arrested on multiple charges, including for theft, trafficking of stolen property, and drugs, according to jail records.
The statue of 7-year-old Christopher James Greicius was stolen on the evening of Jan. 3. Two people got out of a white sedan and ripped the statue from its position outside the foundation's headquarters.
Troy Burke, 32, was arrested for allegedly stealing a statue of the 7-year-old boy who inspired the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Troy Burke, 32, was arrested for allegedly stealing a statue of the 7-year-old boy who inspired the Make-A-Wish Foundation. (Maricopa County Sheriff's Office) Portions of the statue were recovered during Burke's arrest. An image released by Phoenix police appears to show the statue sawed into smaller pieces.
Burke admitted to his role in the theft, according to police, who are still trying to identify the second suspect.
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Seldom this despicable.
some people will do anything for money. Speculation is that they wanted the metal to sell.
very lowly...
> Speculation is that they wanted the metal to sell. <
A guy I know made a pretty good dollar replacing metal pipes in a housing project. The residents would pull out their own pipes, and sell the metal. He’d come in and replace them. Rinse and repeat.
My friend finally stopped, as he was beginning to feel unsafe on the job. This was about 25 years ago.
Jail time!!!!
Sometimes you just shake your head and as why!
I’ve seen illegals here stripping metal wire from those guy wire things that support utility poles.
How does one rip a statue?
Wish I had that kind of strength.
pedo?
There was a movie made how Make-A-Wish Foundation got started.
“WISH MAN”.
It’s a great movie.
It’s on the Peacock channel.
Watch it if you can.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3246874/
I am sure he would REALLY feel unsafe today.
This was apparently stolen for metal. I remember the head was missing for some time.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/12/us/sacagawea-lewis-and-clark-statue-charlottesville-virginia/index.html
Taken down because of Marxists.
What is this guy the biggest jerk of all time?
Throw the book at him!
Wouldn’t they have to climb the pole to free the upper end? Thst’s pretty low-grade metal. People have been known to sabotage guy lines on towers. The tower topples in a strong wind, and the more valuable copper is stripped from the tower.
It was one of those metal sheaths that come out at an angle and has cable inside - I don’t really know what they’re called. He had some way of stripping pieces of cable off.
I wasn’t sure but it looked dangerous, so I reported it to the nearby business. They said they’d tell the police...
Yes, it’s a guy wire. used to help hold the pole in place.
What a lousy jerk.
Isn’t Make-A-Wish the ones that stated they would only fulfil wishes of vaccinated children?
First time I heard that…?
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