Four Arrested After $200k Worth of Legos Found in Theft Investigation
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[QUOTE]PHOENIX -- Police have arrested four people accused of running a scheme to steal expensive Lego sets from Toys R Us stores around the Valley.Garry Fairbee, 35, Tarah Dailey, 33, Melissa Dailey, 34 and Troy Koehler, 40 have been arrested. Melissa and Tarah are cousins.
They're each facing one or more of these charges: Organized retail theft, trafficking in stolen property, fraudulent schemes, and illegal control of an enterprise.
Police were working on the case for more than four months.
Detectives used surveillance video to identify Fairbee and Tarah Dailey after they allegedly stole high-dollar Lego play sets, worth $99.99 or more, from various stores and selling them for a profit.
They are accused of removing the theft detection devices from the Lego sets, causing damage to the packaging. In most incidents, they put the Lego sets in either large gift bags and then in shopping carts, or inside shopping carts and then covered with the gift bags. The suspects would then flee the business without setting off the security alarm.
Detectives followed the suspects and discovered they were selling the stolen property to Troy Koehler.
Police said Koehler was selling Lego sets on the Internet. He would also return them to Toys R Us stores for a refund.
On Thursday evening, detectives followed Fairbee and Melissa Dailey to the area of 2700 West Bell Rd. where they observed the suspects sell stolen Legos to Koehler.
Police served search warrants on the residences of Fairbee and Koehler, and storage lockers belonging to Koehler.
In all, approximately 18 pallets of Legos, were recovered from Koehler’s property and storage lockers.
It is estimated that the recovered Legos have a retail value of around $200,000 of which at least $40,000 is believed to have been stolen. The rest of the Legos may have been purchased legitimately, or obtained fraudulently. Evidence from this investigation shows only $40,000 in stolen merchandise.
"It never ceases to amaze me the length that people will go through to get their money," said Officer James Holmes with the Phoenix Police Dept. " I know that Mr. Koehler has a legitimate job, nice home and he makes a decent living without having to do this type of a crime."[/QUOTE]
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The LEGO Heist, coming to the theatres near you, next summer 2015.
$200k worth of Lego? So what, like, 20-30 full sets?
They built their bed and must now lie in it.
[QUOTE=Elfy;45709907]They built their bed and must now lie in it.[/QUOTE]
Not to mention that if it were done literally, it would be quite painful :v:
[video=youtube;EGtuwS-H4_I]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGtuwS-H4_I#t=324[/video]
skip to 5:24 if it already doesn't show up
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Jesus christ, were they building a torture dungeon or something?
[QUOTE=Jodern;45710121]Jesus christ, were they building a torture dungeon or something?[/QUOTE]
A torture dungeon with legos is basically just an empty room with the floor covered in legos.
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Or even worse; a pool filled with legos. Happy diving.
[QUOTE=RedStar;45709894]$200k worth of Lego? So what, like, 20-30 full sets?[/QUOTE]
nah, only about 10 sets
[QUOTE]"It never ceases to amaze me the length that people will go through to get their money," said Officer [B]James Holmes[/B] with the Phoenix Police Dept. " I know that Mr. Koehler has a legitimate job, nice home and he makes a decent living without having to do this type of a crime."[/QUOTE]
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???
People would be surprised at what shoplifters take to sell. Clothing detergent is pretty popular. They must have pretty decent to not get caught up until now. 200k is a lot of shit to take and sell.
[QUOTE=daschnek;45711136][IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b6/James_Holmes,_cropped.jpg[/IMG]
???[/QUOTE]
james holmes is a really common name (extremely common first name, common surname)
pictured: $200K in legos
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I wonder who the Lego Mastermind was?
I found the real culprit!
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Aw give them a break I've always wanted to build a 1:1 replica of the deathstar with lego
Usually in cases like this the stolen items are traded for drugs. The dealer just gets creative on what he accepts as payment then pays out pennies on the dollar of crack or w/e. Quick ebay post, price it to move and youre in business.
[QUOTE=H8Entitlement;45715751]Usually in cases like this the stolen items are traded for drugs. The dealer just gets creative on what he accepts as payment then pays out pennies on the dollar of crack or w/e. Quick ebay post, price it to move and youre in business.[/QUOTE]
I'd love to know the Lego brick/gram of crack ratio
[QUOTE=demoguy08;45715839]I'd love to know the Lego brick/gram of crack ratio[/QUOTE]
I think it's used for coke actually.
Y'know, a brick for a brick.
[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;45715935]I think it's used for coke actually.
Y'know, a brick for a brick.[/QUOTE]
Crack is coke..
[QUOTE=Bradyns;45715959]Crack is coke..[/QUOTE]
snort some crack tell me how it goes
You smoke crack..
It's still cocaine.
[QUOTE=Bradyns;45716022]You smoke crack..
It's still cocaine.[/QUOTE]
Crack is a form of cocaine.
I think Sir Whoopsalot was referencing to other forms of cocaine which are often sold in "bricks" rather than crack cocaine which is typically found in the form of small "rocks".
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because I've never seen a lego rock
[QUOTE=Colliseemoe;45716189]Crack is a form of cocaine.
I think Sir Whoopsalot was referencing to other forms of cocaine which are often sold in "bricks" rather than crack cocaine which is typically found in the form of small "rocks".
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because I've never seen a lego rock[/QUOTE]
What about Lego: Rock Raiders? :v:
Lego, the next Bitcoin
[QUOTE=TheTalon;45716903]Lego, the next Bitcoin[/QUOTE]if that's true then i'll be rich
[QUOTE=Zonesylvania;45709969]Not to mention that if it were done literally, it would be quite painful :v:[/QUOTE]
Not really! If you built a bed out of lego, your weight would be distributed throughout the tips and it wouldn't hurt any more than lying on a hard flat surface.
[QUOTE=supersoldier58;45720670]Not really! If you built a bed out of lego, your weight would be distributed throughout the tips and it wouldn't hurt any more than lying on a hard flat surface.[/QUOTE]
Same prospect as lying on a bed of spikes. Unless you flop down on it, of course, then you get gored.
[QUOTE=supersoldier58;45720670]Not really! If you built a bed out of lego, your weight would be distributed throughout the tips and it wouldn't hurt any more than lying on a hard flat surface.[/QUOTE]
or just cover it in these
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