{"id":322099,"date":"2026-05-19T01:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T01:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/322099\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T01:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T01:35:09","slug":"man-arrested-for-stealing-high-value-lego-sets-from-fresno-clovis-target-stores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/322099\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested for stealing high-value Lego sets from Fresno, Clovis Target stores"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KFSN logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/origin-kfsn.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, May 19, 2026 1:00AM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Man arrested for stealing high-value Lego sets from Fresno, Clovis Target stores\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; Fresno police have arrested a 40-year-old man for allegedly stealing hundreds of high-value Lego sets from Target stores across Fresno and Clovis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Investigators served a search warrant at the man&#8217;s home, where they recovered more than 800 collectible toys valued at more than $5,000, according to police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Officers said the suspect used a self-checkout scheme to carry out the thefts. He would allegedly take a large Lego set along with a smaller, lower-cost toy, then scan only the cheaper item before leaving the store with both.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The man has not been identified. Police said he faces charges of grand theft and possession of stolen property.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The case remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tuesday, May 19, 2026 1:00AM FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; Fresno police have arrested a 40-year-old man for allegedly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":322100,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[134204,237,10009,134203,112,114,113,3695,242,119528,9981,134202,48058,76204,294],"class_list":["post-322099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-134204","tag-arrest","tag-clovis","tag-collectible-toys","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-fresno-police","tag-grand-theft","tag-lego-theft","tag-search-warrant","tag-self-checkout-scam","tag-stolen-property","tag-target-stores","tag-timely"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}