The Brief<\/p>\n
Three men have been arrested in California after authorities recovered approximately $1 million worth of Lego products that were stolen while in transit in Fort Worth.<\/p>\n
Kern County deputies discovered the massive haul in two freight trailers after stopping two box trucks that were seen fleeing a suspicious vehicle call in Mojave.<\/p>\n
The suspects, who hail from various Southern California cities, now face charges of cargo theft, conspiracy, and possession of a stolen vehicle.<\/p>\n
FORT WORTH, Texas – Approximately $1 million worth of Lego products stolen in Fort Worth were recovered in California after deputies tracked down a pair of suspicious box trucks, according to authorities.<\/p>\n
What we know<\/p>\n
Kern County deputies responded to a call regarding a suspicious vehicle Wednesday in the 400 block of Silver Queen Road in Mojave, California. Upon arrival, deputies observed two box trucks fleeing the area.<\/p>\n
Officials conducted traffic stops on both vehicles and identified the suspects as Jose Lopez, 37, of San Bernardino; Ruben Lopez Flores, 25, of Los Angeles and Freddy Hernandez Polinar, 35, of Chino.<\/p>\n
$1 million worth of stolen Lego’s recovered<\/p>\n
Local perspective<\/p>\n
During a search of the trucks and the surrounding area, deputies discovered two freight trailers containing the Lego sets. Investigators determined the products had been stolen while in transit through Fort Worth.<\/p>\n
Deputies recovered the stolen merchandise and arrested all three men. They face charges of possession of a stolen vehicle, cargo theft, and conspiracy.<\/p>\n
The Source<\/p>\n
Information in this article comes from the Kern County Sheriff’s Office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief Three men have been arrested in California after authorities recovered approximately $1 million worth of Lego…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242611,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[3267,116,118,117,92835,9555,2396,85068],"class_list":["post-242610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-california","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-jose-lopez","tag-stolen-merchandise","tag-stolen-vehicle","tag-suspicious-vehicle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}