February 29, 2016

New Jersey announced that two men pleaded guilty to conspiring in a $1.5 million series of thefts involving tractor-trailers loaded with cargo, including clothing, beauty products, auto parts and beer, which the defendants stole and fenced. Seven men pleaded guilty previously to taking part in the theft ring, which operated in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. Between June 2012 and April 2015, ring members engaged in nine thefts and two purchases of additional stolen goods in which the total value of the cargo and tractor-trailers stolen exceeded $1.5 million. NJ