“The detective credited the sharp eyes of Target’s corporate security people for tracking Swanberg and catching him in time for the holidays.
‘Hopefully, we kept him from spoiling some kid’s Christmas,’ Dolyniuk said.”
Not sure how this would spoil some kid’s Christmas – Swanberg was just gonna sell the sets at MSRP anyway, right? Unless they mean because all the sets would be returned to their respective Targets, where parents could then buy them for their kids’ presents…
“When authorities searched his home they found hundreds of boxes of unopened Legos. The volume and the types suggest it was not for personal use, according to Supervising Deputy District Attorney Cindy Hendrickson.”
This sounds disturbingly similar to my house, or Chris on the Dollar’s store. Only difference being, we just pounce (wait, sorry – “swoop”) on sales to snag a bunch (oops – “haul”) of sets, rather than switching bar codes.
“Hendrickson is not sure why Langenbach would go to such great lengths. ‘It’s a bit of a head scratcher, the complexity of the crime and the amount of resources needed to commit the crime leave you scratching your head’, she said. ‘Mr. Langenbach is a VP of a successful company, living in a nice home and making money gainfully and in his free time creating false barcodes and going into Target stores and stealing Legos.'”
Um, yeah. It’s called “supplemental income,” lady. Jeez. 😉