A Simi Valley man was arrested after Los Angeles police recovered an estimated $1 million in stolen railroad cargo during a search of a Chatsworth business linked to online sales of stolen merchandise, authorities said.
Detectives with the Los Angeles Police Department’s Commercial Crimes Division Cargo Theft Task Force served a search warrant Oct. 21 at a business identified as DesignerDeals4Less located near the intersection of Nordoff Street and Independence Avenue following an investigation into stolen shoes from a collaboration between Brooks and Disney being sold on eBay, according to the LAPD.
During the search, investigators recovered approximately 35 pallets of merchandise stolen from Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railroad trains, with an estimated value of $1 million, police said. The recovered merchandise included shoes from Brooks, Hoka, New Balance, Adidas, On and Salomon, as well as JanSport backpacks…