Police track down more than $200,000 in stolen Lego
Police recovered 4,153 stolen Lego sets worth more than $200,000 after a monthslong investigation in Oregon, officials said Tuesday. Ammon Henrikson, the 47-year-old owner of a store called Brick Builders in Eugene, allegedly knowingly bought new, unopened sets of Lego that had been stolen from other stores, the Springfield Police Department said. Suspects would steal the sets, then bring them straight to Brick Builders in exchange for cash, police said. Brick Builders staff would buy the stolen sets "most often at a fraction of their actual retail value."Investigators said they learned many of the Lego thieves used the cash to buy illegal...
This was the (Lego) droid they were looking for: Bainbridge Township Police Blotter
A Chagrin Falls man, 43, is charged with three counts of theft after being caught with an unpaid $250.98 R2D2 Lego set on Sept. 26 at Target. He had paid for snacks and beverages in his shopping cart, but not the Lego set. While being detained, he said he needed...