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Man, 71, Arrested After LAPD Finds Nearly 3k Boxes of Stolen LEGO Sets At His Home
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By Matthew Rodriguez
Police in Los Angeles seized more than 2,800 boxes of stolen LEGO sets from a 71-year-old man's home Wednesday, authorities said.
Officers arrested 71-year-old Richard Siegel and his alleged accomplice, 39- year-old Blanca Gudino, after raiding the elder- ly man's Long Beach home, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
The individual boxes have a retail value rang- ing from $20 to
well over $1,000, police said.
Detectives start- ed investigating the case after a retailer in San Pedro identified Gudino as the suspect who had allegedly robbed them several times last December.
Several months later, on June 4, officers wit- nessed Gudino stealing items from retailers in Torrance and Lakewood before dropping them off at Siegel's home. Detectives believe Siegel would sell the stolen goods online since sev- eral potential
buyers showed up at his home while officers raided it.
Investigators booked Siegel for organized retail theft, while Gudino was booked with grand theft.
The department urged anyone with information on the case to call detectives at (310) 726-7900. Those wishing to stay anonymous should call Crime Stoppers at 1(800) 222- 8477 or text them at 274637.
All text mes- sages should begin with the "LAPD."
A married couple is cruising down the highway at 60 mph.
The wife is driv- ing. Her husband looks at her and says, "the mar- riage has been going for thirty years, but I want a divorce."
The wife says nothing, just keeps looking at the road, but slowly raises her speed to 65 mph.
"I don't want you to stop me," The husband explains,
"because I've had an affair with your best friend,
and she is way better in bed than you!"
Keeping calm, the wife grips the steering wheel more tightly as she slowly increases the speed to 75.
He pushes his luck. "I wanna have the house!" he shouts... Up to 80.
"And the car, too!" he adds.
85 mph. "And I'll have all the credit cards, the bank accounts,
and the boat!" She starts steer- ing the car towards a sub- stantial concrete bridge.
Getting anxious, the husband asks her,
"Do you want anything??"
The wife responds in a soft, calm voice.
"No, I've got all I need," she says.
"Oh, yeah? " he asks, "so, what do you have?"
Just before they crash into the wall at 85 mph, the wife turns to him and grins. "The airbag."
Two elderly women were driv- ing in a large car, and neither one could hardly see over the dash- board.
As they were cruising along, they came to an intersection.
The stoplight was red, but they went on through.
The woman in the passenger seat thought to herself,
"I must be losing it.
I could have sworn we just went through a red light!"
After a few more minutes, they came to another intersection, the light was red, and they went right through again.
This time, the passenger was almost sure that the light had been red but was also concerned that she might be see- ing things.
She was getting nervous and decided to pay very close atten- tion.
Sure enough, the light was red at the next intersec- tion, and they went right through it.
She turned to the other woman and said,
"Mildred!!! Did you know we just ran through three red lights in a row?
You could have killed us!"
Mildred turned to her and said, "Oh My Gosh!! Am I driving!!?"
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