A bat that police say was taken from a Forest Park memorabilia store after a Pete Rose autograph session there was recovered by an officer and returned to the Hit King and former Cincinnati Reds great, who signed and returned it to the store owner, according to multiple reports.
Journal-news.com's Rick McCrabb was the first to report about the incident.
The store’s owner, Mark Fugate, said he confronted one of the juveniles in the parking lot as the police officer chased after the other fleeing suspects in his cruiser. Three juveniles were stopped in the wooded area behind the store, Fugate said.