Lego Heist Busted in Kern County

0:00Deputies in Kern County, California just busted a major legal heist worth about $1 million. The stolen sets, snatched during transit through Fort Worth, Texas, turned up in two box trucks stopped in Mojave. Earlier this week, officers responded to a call about suspicious vehicles on Silver Queen Road. They spotted the trucks trying to peel out and pulled them over quick. The three guys behind it, 37-year-old Jose Lopez from San Bernardino, 25-year-old Ruben Lopez Flores from Los Angeles, and 35-year-old Freddie Hernandez Polinar from Chino, now face serious heat. A search of the trucks and nearby area uncovered two freight trailers packed with the Lego goods, investigators linked it straight back to the Fort Worth theft. With the cargo recovered and suspects locked up on charges like cargo theft, possession of a stolen vehicle and conspiracy this cross-country caper is wrapped for now. This has been Dallas News Today, powered by AI.