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An anonymous tip led Tulsa police detectives to find about 14 rifles that were stolen after a burglar cut through a pawn shop roof and rappelled down into the store.

Officers arrested 44-year-old Joshua Addison Pickett after locating the guns stolen from Second Hand Rose Pawn Shop, 2100 E. Third St., according to a probable cause affidavit. The residence where Pickett was arrested is in the 300 block of South Zunis Avenue, less than a block from the pawn shop.

“We had an anonymous tip,” Tulsa Police Sgt. Tim Means said. “That got the ball rolling.”

Pickett was arrested late Wednesday night and booked into the Tulsa County jail early Thursday on complaints of possessing a firearm after a former felony conviction and knowingly concealing stolen property. He is being held without bond.

Means, who leads the Tulsa Police Department’s burglary squad, said Special Investigations Division officers and federal authorities developed enough information from the tip to secure a search warrant at the Zunis Avenue residence.

The theft was discovered Wednesday morning. A hole had been cut through the pawn shop roof, with rappelling equipment used to enter the store.