Alpinemaps Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Stay classy San Diego...San Diego cops bust major Lego theft ring, $100K worth of toys stolenSAN DIEGO - San Diego police made a major bust on Tuesday -- taking down an organized crime ring that was stealing Legos, Disney "Frozen" items and other merchandise from local toy stores.And we're not talking about just petty shoplifting.Detectives say there were five people in the ring and they hit five San Diego-area Toys R Us stores at least 30 times, sometimes more than once in the same day.Surveillance video shows them walking right out of stores with shopping carts full of toys. All told, they made off with $100,000 worth of merchandise.Three of the suspects have been arrested, a fourth is already in custody on an unrelated charge and the fifth suspect is on the run. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ed Mack Posted June 10, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted June 10, 2015 Damn, some more members leaving the site. 22 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10230 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 How dumb can you be ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregpj Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Haha, the reporter called them LEGOS.How dumb can you be ...Pretty sure the news video sums it up... Leave with a shopping cart full of stolen goods, come back minutes later with empty carts, do it again, all the while security video catches a very good view of your face. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binici Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 (edited) How dumb can you be ...This is how dumb!https://www.youtube.com/embed/06jF1EG8o-QSorry if I didn't embed the Youtube correctly! Edited June 10, 2015 by binici youtube link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ravenb99 Posted June 10, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted June 10, 2015 I like the twitter comment Can you imagine what $100k worth of #Legos looks like?? yes a lot of people can lol 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelmelt Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I heard about this ring a few months ago... I suspected they were the people on Craigslist from escondido dumping NIB Legos that had not been on sale ever for well under MSRP. I haven't seen those postings recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcdfan Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 How dumb can you be ...No. It's how dumb is you... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinemaps Posted June 10, 2015 Author Share Posted June 10, 2015 I heard about this ring a few months ago... I suspected they were the people on Craigslist from escondido dumping NIB Legos that had not been on sale ever for well under MSRP. I haven't seen those postings recently. Yep, I agree. I actually saw an Escondido listing over the weekend, though. So who knows. But I know exactly what you are talking about. They kept dumping Friends and Star Wars sets at over 50% off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostDad Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Those were some lazy store employees... Maybe it's time to just stick a spider on every lego set and be done with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Raichu Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 They need to make up their minds, with or without s ????The title:Exclusive: San Diego cops bust major Lego theft ring, $100K worth of toys stolenBut on 1st paragraphSAN DIEGO - San Diego police made a major bust on Tuesday -- taking down an organized crime ring that was stealing Legos, Disney "Frozen" items and other merchandise from local toy stores. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravenb99 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 also need to decide if they can charge them with 100k of theft or actual retail value theft of about 70-75k 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meowingthings Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 We had one of these last fall in Maine. My thought has been to find out what happens to the Lego's once the case/ trial is done. They either get returned to Walmart or sold at some type of auction. I work for Walmart and have never seen the police return anything from a seizure (seizures after the theft are generally rare). Not to mention the stores were not involved in any part of the investigation for the below case, it was handled at the home office level. If the seizure involves multiple stores it would be impossible to return to the originating store.Not sure where to begin.http://bangordailynews.com/2014/10/03/news/state/police-report-breaking-up-major-wal-mart-retail-theft-ring/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcdfan Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 We had one of these last fall in Maine. My thought has been to find out what happens to the Lego's once the case/ trial is done. They either get returned to Walmart or sold at some type of auction. I work for Walmart and have never seen the police return anything from a seizure (seizures after the theft are generally rare). Not to mention the stores were not involved in any part of the investigation for the below case, it was handled at the home office level. If the seizure involves multiple stores it would be impossible to return to the originating store.Not sure where to begin.http://bangordailynews.com/2014/10/03/news/state/police-report-breaking-up-major-wal-mart-retail-theft-ring/ Police auctions, no...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meowingthings Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Police auctions, no...?I had this thought, but the items are owned by (in this case) Walmart. Not sure if they would sell and turn the money to Walmart.If they eventually get turned over to Walmart, it would explain why periodically some of us find products that are 2-3 years old popping up in at random Walmart. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinemaps Posted June 10, 2015 Author Share Posted June 10, 2015 Well, now I know why I never see the Joker Bumper Car here in San Diego Toys R Us' 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciglione Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Definitely no members from here... they take all this risk and for what? $100k of Elsa's Frozen Castles? I am sure there were more promising sets to steal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen_rockefeller Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Law enforcement will keep none of the items as soon as case is closed and they are sentenced the items will go back to the stores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ISO8T0 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Now I know why the simpson cmf are in security cases at my local TRU. Also noticed and increase of sets with security spiders in TRU & WM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete411 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Now I see why TRU prices their sets higher. Inventory Shrink Tax. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scuttfarkas Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Obviously these people don't follow the rule of shearing the sheep many times versus skinning the sheep once.....but I'm honestly surprised organized shoplifting doesn't happen way more often. I was in a WAL-MART the other day and realized that noone there was going to be able to stop me (nevermind that they might be encouraged not to stop me) if I decided to confidently walk out. If one was working in a team and they weren't greedy, I'd imagine most stores wouldn't even notice.It's actually pretty nice that an OVERWHELMING number of people follow the rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaisonline Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Haha, the reporter called them LEGOS.Pretty sure the news video sums it up... Leave with a shopping cart full of stolen goods, come back minutes later with empty carts, do it again, all the while security video catches a very good view of your face.I was at toyrsus last weekend w/ my kid.All the larger boxes Lego sets on the shelves are now empty (like what some stores do with video games). You take the box up to the register, pay and the regular box is then given. The mgr said the thiefs were just too much. Employees were getting hurt chasing people. Thieves would just stockpile carts of Lego and push them out the exit. Oh well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@rtisan Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Oh, so that`s where all the "LEGOS" went....*Facepalm* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c666187 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Obviously these people don't follow the rule of shearing the sheep many times versus skinning the sheep once.....but I'm honestly surprised organized shoplifting doesn't happen way more often. I was in a WAL-MART the other day and realized that noone there was going to be able to stop me (nevermind that they might be encouraged not to stop me) if I decided to confidently walk out. If one was working in a team and they weren't greedy, I'd imagine most stores wouldn't even notice.It's actually pretty nice that an OVERWHELMING number of people follow the rules. I am willing to bet the loss prevention associate would have stopped you the second you walked out the door. The ones that are not in the back watching cameras are dressed as regular customers and show up in time. You would be surprised how much they catch.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thoroakenfelder Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Those were some lazy store employees... Maybe it's time to just stick a spider on every lego set and be done with it.Regular employees are told not to pursue thieves. There's too much liability if they get hurt. I pointed out someone dashing out into the parking lot and loading their car with stolen goods and just received a shrug and a "there's nothing we can do." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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