Police: Island Park Woman Stole $59K Worth of Legos From Storage Facility

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An Island Park woman stole 800 Lego play sets, valued at about $59,000, from a storage facility and then attempted to sell them online, police said.

Gloria Haas, 53, was arrested on Thursday afternoon and charged with second-degree grand larceny, police said.

Haas removed the play sets from a storage facility located in Island Park and then moved them to another facility located in Rockville Centre, police said. An investigation led to the arrest of Haas, who attempted to sell the stolen Legos on eBay, police said.

Haas was arraigned in First District Court in Hempstead on Friday. She is free on a conditional release to probation. She is due back in court next Tuesday.

Haas was arrested on the same day authorities in Arizona arrested four people for allegedly running a scheme to steal expensive Lego sets from Toys “R” Us stores, according to an azfamily.com report.