Normally, Nike tells prospects to “simply do it.” Nonetheless, with regards to stealing the model’s merchandise, the corporate would possibly advise in any other case.
On Saturday, Los Angeles Police Division detectives, Nike officers and different investigators discovered “1000’s of pairs of stolen Nike sneakers, clothes, equipment, and distinctive prototypes” at a Hawthorne warehouse, in line with an LAPD assertion.
In complete, the worth of the merchandise was $5 million.
The invention got here after police executed search warrants in Hollywood and Hawthorne in reference to suspected retail crimes, the LAPD mentioned. The warehouse was focused, police say, after a suspect within the case was allegedly seen delivering stolen Nike merchandise there.
Police named Roy Lee Harvey Jr., 37, because the suspect, accusing him of “receiving, redistributing, and reselling a excessive greenback quantity of stolen property.”
Harvey, of Memphis, Tenn., was booked shortly after midnight Sunday, and his bail was set at $0, in line with police logs.
The Los Angeles Superior Court docket has adopted a coverage eliminating cash bail for these accused of nonviolent crimes.
