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Alabama will move forward in case involving alleged monument theft

Alabama Public Radio | By Lacey Alexander
Published October 21, 2021 at 2:55 PM CDT
FILE - A monument to Confederate President Jefferson Davis is shown at a cemetery in Selma, Ala., on Wednesday, June 2, 2021. Three people were charged earlier this following the disappearance of the chair, which was recovered in New Orleans and is now glued down. Prosecutors in Louisiana have dropped the case, but an Alabama district attorney said on Wednesday, Oct. 20, that he will pursue the case against a man charged there. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves, File)
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FILE - A monument to Confederate President Jefferson Davis is shown at a cemetery in Selma, Ala., on Wednesday, June 2, 2021. Three people were charged earlier this following the disappearance of the chair, which was recovered in New Orleans and is now glued down. Prosecutors in Louisiana have dropped the case, but an Alabama district attorney said on Wednesday, Oct. 20, that he will pursue the case against a man charged there. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves, File)

An Alabama District Attorney is moving forward in the case against a man who stole a Confederate monument, despite prosecutors from his home state stating that they were dropping related charges against him.

Jason Warnick, the owner of a New Orleans tattoo shop, was charged earlier this year with stealing The Jefferson Davis Memorial Chair from a cemetery in Selma, Alabama.

Prosecutors in Louisiana have filed a notice that they are not pursing a case against Warnick, but Alabama District Attorney Michael Jackson says that they have no plans to drop charges.

Warnick’s lawyer stated earlier this year that Warnick had never been in Selma.
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Lacey Alexander
Lacey Alexander is a digital intern for Alabama Public Radio.
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