How a Star Wars Lego dispute triggered an armed police raid in Utah

It started with a consignment gone bad. It ended with officers storming an Airbnb, a restraining order, a RICO lawsuit—and a small town turned upside down.
Los Angeles Times

He stole Lego pieces, put dried pasta in the box, police say. Shake it, they ‘make the same sound’

A man was arrested on suspicion of replacing Lego pieces with dried pasta inside boxes before returning them to Target. The case highlights a national trend of organized Lego theft. Irvine police have ...
The New York Times

Police Break Up Lego Theft Ring, Recovering Hundreds of Beheaded Figurines

Officials said they had discovered tens of thousands of Lego pieces at a California home and arrested a man who trafficked in the stolen collectibles. By Jin Yu Young When detectives from the Santa ...
The New York Times

Man Charged in Lego Theft Scheme of Replacing Pieces With Pasta, Police Say

A California man was charged with grand theft after the police said he reaped about $34,000 in what an official called an “off the charts” pasta-and-switch scheme involving Lego kits. By Rylee Kirk A ...
Kotaku

Police Force Involved In Lego Investigation ‘Hacked,’ YouTuber Claims, As New Footage Is Released

Reckless Ben's ongoing Lego investigation just got weirder, as he's dropped a new video in which he states that American Fork Police Department has been 'hacked' Lego Star Wars YouTube The internet’s ...