SANTA ANA, Calif. — Three men have been each been charged with a pair of felonies after allegedly stealing more than $300,000 in Air Jordan shoes from a BNSF train stopped in the Mojave Desert, the Orange County (Calif.) District Attorney said in a Nov. 27 press release.
Nike had placed a GPS tracker in the shipment of Air Jordan 11 Retro shoes, and BNSF police were notified the merchandise had been removed from a shipping container while the train was stopped near Amboy, Calif. California Highway Patrol investigators traced the GPS device to a U-Haul truck in an Anaheim parking lot and found 1,278 pairs of the shoes, valued at $311,832.
Bryan Quintero Echarravia, 18, of Mesa, Ariz., has been charged with a felony count of grand theft of cargo exceeding a value of more than $400 and a felony count of receiving stolen property. Bernardo Romeroquintero, 34, of Phoenix, and Olegario Flores, 26, no hometown reported, face the same felony charges, as well as one misdemeanor count each of possession of burglary tools. They face a maximum sentence of three years in state prison if convicted on all counts.
Sounds like a bit of insider work involved.