California thieves targeting Lego stores for black market deals: 'Lego Larceny'

Legos have apparently emerged as the latest hot target for California theft rings. 

Two suspects have allegedly stolen more than $100,000 worth of Lego merchandise from six different Southern California stores over the last two months, the L.A. Times reported. One store owner, Whittier resident Katie Leuschner, told the paper that the thieves took approximately $10,000 of product from her store.

Leuschner noted that while she and her husband had seen shoplifters pocket mini figurines before...