$2 Million In Stolen Nike Shoes, Dyson Products & More Found Inside Oak Forest Warehouse: Sheriff

OAK FOREST, IL — More than $2 million in stolen merchandise was found inside an Oak Forest warehouse Dec. 30, the Cook County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday.

Insurance company investigators contacted the Sheriff’s Police Organized Retail Crime Unit about a stolen cargo trailer with Target products that were taken from a Joliet facility on Dec. 13. The products had been tracked via the trailer’s GPS device to a warehouse in the 4100 block of 166th Street, the sheriff's office said.

On Dec. 30 ORC, investigators and insurance investigators met the warehouse owner, who said the Target items were not there but sheriff's police consent to "look around."

In plain view, ORC investigators saw "multiple pallets of Dyson products, Wahl hair clippers, and Nike shoes," among other items, that appeared to have been stolen. Investigators returned to the warehouse with a search warrant, the sheriff's office said.

They learned that the Dyson products in the warehouse had been stolen while being transported from California to Kentucky, and that the hair clippers were stolen in Whiteside County. The Nike shoes' last known location was in California.

They also recovered stolen merchandise from other retailers and manufacturers including Amazon, Kohl’s, Macy’s, Ninja/Shark, NOCO, Old Navy, TJX, Ulta, Victoria Secret, and Walmart.

An investigation is active and ongoing, the sheriff's office said.