{"id":81802,"date":"2017-11-02T12:35:05","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T16:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=81802"},"modified":"2017-11-02T12:35:05","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T11:11:21","slug":"american-legion-post-robbed-of-8-world-war-ii-guns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/american-legion-post-robbed-of-8-world-war-ii-guns\/","title":{"rendered":"American Legion Post Robbed of Eight World War II Guns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_81807\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81807\" title=\"American Legion Post Robbed of Eight World War II Guns\" class=\"wp-image-81807 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/american-legion-ceremonial-rifles-2-400x225.jpg\" alt=\"American Legion Post Robbed of Eight World War II Guns\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/american-legion-ceremonial-rifles-2-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/american-legion-ceremonial-rifles-2-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/american-legion-ceremonial-rifles-2-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/american-legion-ceremonial-rifles-2.jpg 983w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-81807\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police are still searching for suspects tied to a string of robberies targeting the American Legion in Ohio. <em>(Photo: WSYX\/WTTE)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ohio police are on the search for thieves preying on American Legion posts. To-date the thieves have robbed five posts and most recently stole eight guns used for ceremonies.<\/p>\n<p>The American Legion in Merango, Ohio, had all eight of their rifles stolen in the last raid. The Legion used the rifles to perform ceremonies including 21-gun salutes. The guns were on loan from the U.S. Army.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s likely that six of the rifles were purchased by a local pawnbroker, who bought them in good faith.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He said that a family member, father or grandfather, had bought a case of these things, old military weapons,&#8221; said the pawn shop president John Kinney <a href=\"https:\/\/abc6onyourside.com\/news\/local\/world-war-ii-guns-stolen-from-veterans-post\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"american-legion-post-robbed-of-8-world-war-ii-guns\" title=\"American Legion Post Robbed of Eight World War II Guns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to the local news<\/a>. &#8220;If we think something isn&#8217;t right, we&#8217;ll mention it to the detectives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_81806\" style=\"width: 305px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81806\" title=\"American Legion Post Robbed of Eight World War II Guns\" class=\"wp-image-81806\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/american-legion-ceremonial-rifles.jpg\" alt=\"American Legion Post Robbed of Eight World War II Guns\" width=\"295\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/american-legion-ceremonial-rifles.jpg 528w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/american-legion-ceremonial-rifles-110x150.jpg 110w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/american-legion-ceremonial-rifles-221x300.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-81806\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police tracked down six of the eight stolen rifles to a local pawn shop. <em>(Photo: WSYX\/WTTE)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>One suspect in the investigation sold the guns over the course of two days to the pawn shop for $140 each.<\/p>\n<h2>See Also: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/milsurp-full-auto-garand-secret-world-war-ii-era-t20-rifle\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"american-legion-post-robbed-of-8-world-war-ii-guns\" title=\"American Legion Post Robbed of Eight World War II Guns\">A Full-Auto Garand? The Secret World War II T20 Machine Gun<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Detectives searched the suspect&#8217;s home but are not pressing charges at this time. However, Ohio police have arrested two other men tied to the investigation, Kennith Nelson and Oscar Staton Jr.<\/p>\n<p>The two other suspects appear linked to one of the other American Legion burglaries. Police detectives across the state are looking for information and other suspects linked to these robberies.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legion.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"american-legion-post-robbed-of-8-world-war-ii-guns\" title=\"American Legion Post Robbed of Eight World War II Guns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Legion<\/a> is one of the best-established veterans&#8217; organizations in the United States. The group performs annual and historical commemorative events as well as pushes for increased veterans&#8217; benefits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To-date a group of thieves have robbed five Ohio American Legion posts and most recently stole eight guns used for ceremonies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":81807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25,461,240],"tags":[132,335,607],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-81802","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-current-events","8":"category-max-slowik","9":"category-this-week","10":"tag-buzz","11":"tag-military","12":"tag-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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