Oakland’s DJ Fetish charged with 69 felonies in massive retail theft investigation

OAKLAND — A local DJ has been charged with 69 felonies in a large-scale retail theft investigation that led police from dozens of stores in California and Nevada to a local flea market where allegedly stolen merchandise was being pedaled, court records show.

Haki McClain, a 43-year-old Oakland man who goes by DJ Fetish and DJ King Fetish, was charged with 69 felonies, including grand theft, petty theft with two priors, burglary and evading police. A 101-page criminal complaint, filed on Jan. 6, accuses McClain of crimes ranging from January through mid-November of last year, including 43 thefts at Bath and Body Works stores and 15 at various Victoria’s Secret outlets.

Police said in court filings McClain was identified as a suspect in numerous thefts in Nevada and California, and investigators found evidence he occasionally used a rented van to commit several thefts at a time. A plainclothes officer also observed McClain at the Laney College Flea Market “selling retail merchandise consistent with the merchandise he was observed stealing” on “no less than three occasions,” the filings say.

During a search of his home, investigators “observed an extremely large volume of merchandise, some of which was confirmed to be stolen,” police said in court filings.

Police identified McClain from surveillance footage at several thefts in Berkeley and Oakland, based on license plate readers that were matched to his vehicle, authorities said. They also reviewed information on his Meta accounts. One of his Facebook accounts has posts from 2016 advertising him as a DJ who can perform at everything from “kids parties” to “pleasure parties” and weddings.

McClain is not in custody and has not yet entered a plea, court records show. He has pending cases from last year for allegedly stealing a printer from Home Depot and Legos from Barnes and Noble, according to court records.

The criminal complaint says McClain is an 10-time felon with convictions for grand theft, robbery and burglary dating back to 2010, and a carjacking conviction in 2001.