Two people have been arrested in connection with the theft of a bronze statue honoring a Kentucky Derby-winning horse from Sacramento’s Del Paso Boulevard, but investigators said the sculpture has not been recovered.
The Sacramento Police Department identified the two suspects as Joshua Hughes, 28, and Aushajuan Hardy, 48. According to jail records, Hughes has since been released while Hardy remains in custody and is ineligible for bail.
Back on Sept. 30, police said they were notified that the nearly 7-foot bronze statue of Ben Ali was taken from its location at Del Paso Boulevard and Winnipeg Street. The sculpture, valued at about $80,000, had stood there for nearly two decades…