SELMA, Ala. – Police in Alabama have issued an arrest warrant for a man in connection with the bizarre theft of a Confederate monument that was taken from an Alabama cemetery and found in Louisiana.
Selma police charged Jason Warnick with theft in connection with the mysterious disappearance of the chair-shaped monument, Dallas County District Attorney Michael Jackson said Monday.
Warnick was already facing charges of possession of stolen property after police said the monument ended up in his New Orleans tattoo shop.
An attorney for Warnick said he denied being involved with the theft, which sparked national news stories before the monument was recovered. “This knowledge is very new, but we are in contact with the Selma Police Department