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A man has been busted with at least $5 million worth of stolen shoes and apparel, including thousands of pairs of Nikes, after a raid on a warehouse in California.
Roy Lee Harvey Jr., 37, was arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department’s Commercial Crimes Division Cargo Theft Unit after detectives executed two separate search warrants in Hollywood and the city of Hawthorne on Saturday.
Harvey was previously spotted delivering stolen Nike products to a warehouse in Hawthorne, the LAPD said.
Working alongside Nike’s Global Security Director, investigators recovered thousands of pairs of stolen Nike shoes, clothing and accessories as well as unique prototypes of sneakers.
The Los Angeles Police Department recovered about $5 million worth of stolen Nike merchandise from a warehouse in Hawthorne on Saturday
Roy Lee Harvey Jr., 37, was arrested in connection to the thefts after he was seen delivering stolen products to the warehouse
Among the items recovered were shoes, clothing, accessories and unique sneaker prototypes
The stolen goods were worth about $5 million.
‘It is believed Harvey Jr. is responsible for receiving, redistributing, and reselling a high dollar amount of stolen property,’ a LAPD statement said.
The 37-year-old was charged with receiving stolen property and booked into jail.
Photos show hundreds of boxes neatly stacked on top of each other, some bearing the Nike logo. Other shoes sit in a display case inside the warehouse.
One picture appears to show a pair of 2013 edition black and gold Air Jordans, which resell for thousands of dollars online.
It is unclear where Harvey found the sneakers and where he planned to sell them. Authorities identified him as a participant in ‘huge organized retail crime’ but declined to elaborate on his involvement.
A public information officer with the LAPD told DailyMail.com no further information will be made available, as Harvey has already been arrested.
The bust comes as Los Angeles police continue to crack down on organized retail theft.
In November, a swarm of teenagers swiped $12,000 worth of goods from a Los Angeles Nike store in a ‘flash rob mob’ that was caught on video.
More than a dozen suspects flooded the South Alameda Street Nike Community Store on November 19 and were seen filling trash bags with merchandise as shoppers looked on in horror.
The scene bore a striking resemblance to the targeting of an East Los Angeles Nike store in August, which led to six arrests.
In that instance, thieves swiped $30,000 worth of stolen merchandise.
Harvey was charged with receiving stolen property and booked into jail
Photos taken inside the warehouse show hundreds of boxes neatly stacked on top of each other
Authorities identified the 37-year-old as a participant in ‘huge organized retail crime’ but declined to elaborate on his involvement
Los Angeles has been plagued by flash mob robberies, with 137 occurring in the past year alone. In November, a group of thieves ransaked a Nike store and made off with $12,000 worth of merchandise
Los Angeles County currently has the highest commercial robbery rate in the state, according to the Public Policy Institute of California.
According to statistics released last week, property crime climbed 3.5 percent year over year. Thefts citywide, including retail theft cases, jumped 16 percent.
Certain neighborhoods in the San Fernando Valley experienced skyrocketing rates of crime. One north of Rinaldi Street, for instance, reported a 103 percent increase in burglaries.
Authorities said there were 137 flash mob robberies in the past year.
The Organized Retail Crime Task Force – the same group that took Harvey in – was created to counter this specific type of theft.
The LAPD said the group netted more arrests in 2023 than any previous year.
