WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A judge ruled that a man will go to trial on charges of stealing a clown and other props from a former Wichita amusement park.

Damian Mayes faces four counts of felony theft of Louie the Clown and other items from the now-closed Joyland Amusement Park. The trial is scheduled for Sept. 26.

For decades, nearly life-sized clown played an automated organ near Joyland’s entrance.

The Wichita Eagle reports (http://bit.ly/2bvQxMF ) a judge found Friday that enough evidence exists to try the 41-year-old Mayes on theft charges, although his attorney argued the statute of limitations on the crime had run out.

Mayes is serving a prison sentence for child sex crimes convictions in Harvey County.