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Cape Coral police say a Lego theft scheme used cheap barcodes to buy expensive sets
Police say a Cape Coral man repeatedly used low-price barcodes to buy expensive Lego sets and stash them at home and in a storage unit.
- When
- Friday, June 12, 2026
- Where
- Walmart on Del Prado Boulevard South
- Official source
- Cape Coral Cops
What happened?
Cape Coral Police say detectives tied a local man to a months-long retail theft scheme involving high-value Lego sets taken from the Del Prado South Walmart. Investigators said he used barcodes from cheaper items to buy much more expensive sets at reduced prices more than a dozen times, causing more than $1,300 in losses. Detectives later recovered stolen sets and additional barcodes during the investigation.
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