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Man Sentenced to 45yrs for Stealing Legos…
Posted on 6/11/26 at 9:56 am
Posted on 6/11/26 at 9:56 am
Meanwhile….Anthony gets 35 for murder
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On June 4, a Tarrant County jury found 28-year-old Winston Love guilty of organized retail theft with a deadly weapon. He was later sentenced to 45 years in prison for the offense. Police connected him to thefts across North Texas Target stores mainly involving Lego sets. Coffee makers, vacuum cleaners and Playstation controllers were also recovered after his initial arrest in Oct. 2025. A search warrant for Love's residence revealed evidence of a major theft ring stretching from Texas to Oklahoma, mainly involving tens of thousands of dollars' worth of Lego products.
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Posted on 6/11/26 at 9:58 am to Dragula
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Meanwhile….Anthony gets 35 for murder
How many prior cases and what did they plea bargain out?
Posted on 6/11/26 at 9:58 am to Dragula
Texas too
Posted on 6/11/26 at 9:59 am to Dragula
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Tarrant County
there's the difference
Posted on 6/11/26 at 9:59 am to Dragula
Have you seen the price of Legos..?
Posted on 6/11/26 at 10:00 am to Dragula
What’s the problem here?
Posted on 6/11/26 at 10:01 am to Riverside
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What’s the problem here?
murder carries a lesser sentence than stealing legos if you didn't get that
Posted on 6/11/26 at 10:03 am to Dragula
Lego thief gets 45, a murderer gets 35.
lol nice work Texas. The LEGO thief must not have had a good gpa.
lol nice work Texas. The LEGO thief must not have had a good gpa.
This post was edited on 6/11/26 at 10:04 am
Posted on 6/11/26 at 10:04 am to Proximo
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Tarrant County
Tarrant Couty Jail is no place you want to be.
Posted on 6/11/26 at 10:04 am to Dragula
Texas allows juries to decide sentences. As a result you get things like this. The federal courts tried to do something about this by implementing sentencing guidelines. It’s worked to an extent.
Posted on 6/11/26 at 10:04 am to Dragula
I think the sentence had more to do with the fact that he was armed than it had to do with the price of the legos.
Posted on 6/11/26 at 10:05 am to Proximo
Priors, age, multi state organized crime, armed robbery, etc.
And when will he be eligible for parole?
I get what you’re saying but 45 years here might be the result of a lot of things, mainly priors.
And when will he be eligible for parole?
I get what you’re saying but 45 years here might be the result of a lot of things, mainly priors.
Posted on 6/11/26 at 11:09 am to CatfishJohn
Should be 45 years of stepping on them
Posted on 6/11/26 at 11:14 am to Dragula
So the lesson here is to you should stab someone with a knife before stealing
Posted on 6/11/26 at 11:35 am to Dragula
Texas has a new law targeting these type of retail theft rings.
Sentencing Guidelines:
- $2,500 to $30,000: Third-degree felony (2 to 10 years in prison, up to a $10,000 fine) PENAL § 31.16. Organized Retail Theft
- $30,000 and up: Felonies ranging from the second degree up to the first degree, which carry penalties of 5 to 99 years (or life) in prison
Sentencing Guidelines:
- $2,500 to $30,000: Third-degree felony (2 to 10 years in prison, up to a $10,000 fine) PENAL § 31.16. Organized Retail Theft
- $30,000 and up: Felonies ranging from the second degree up to the first degree, which carry penalties of 5 to 99 years (or life) in prison
Posted on 6/11/26 at 12:25 pm to Dragula
Did he try to sell them to Bricks and Minifigs?
Posted on 6/11/26 at 12:39 pm to Dragula
No tears for thieves.
Anthony Karmelo should have got 99 years
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