WAYNE, Mich. – A 19-year-old Wayne man was arrested this month for stealing a large green dragon head and turning it into a pipe to smoke marijuana, police said.

Nathan Richard Pearson is accused of stealing a large green dragon head on Christmas Day 2015. Police said the dragon head was part of a play structure in the 5000 block of Chamberlain Street.

Police had a warrant for Pearson after the incident, but they didn't find him for more than five months. On May 21, 2016, officers from the Wayne Police Department found the dragon head at a home in Wayne. They said it had been turned into a large pipe to smoke marijuana.

Investigators obtained an arrest warrant for Pearson, who is charged with larceny of property worth $1,000 or more and malicious destruction of property worth $1,000 or more.

Pearson was arraigned June 17 at 34th District Court. He is being held on $10,000 bail.

A preliminary examination is scheduled for July 11.

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