UWS Man Imprisoned For Role In JFK Heist Of Luxury Designer Goods

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — An Upper West Side man was sentenced to prison recently for his role in a John F. Kennedy Airport heist of more than 3,000 stolen Gucci items and over 1,000 stolen Chanel products.

David Lacarriere, 34, was sentenced to up to 11 years in prison after pleading guilty in September to holding more than $2.5 million in stolen Gucci and Chanel designer merchandise.

The designer goods were part of the May 2020 JFK heist of more than $4 million in expensive designer goods.

Oscar Asencio, another participant in the heist, who was caught with jewelry, handbags, clothes, sneakers, and other accessories, was already sentenced.

According to the charges, on May 17, 2020, forged documents were used to gain access to a cargo importer facility at the Kennedy Airport, reads a Queens Country District Attorney news release about Lacarriere's sentencing. "The theft crew got away with a shipment of high-end designer merchandise. Port Authority Police recovered the abandoned trailer used in the heist on May 29, 2020, on 56th Road in Maspeth. Inside, police found only shipping pallets, shipping tags, wrapping material and display cases. In an effort to erase evidence, the trailer was doused with bleach."

The investigative team eventually tracked Lacarriere and his co-conspirators to a shuttered beauty salon in Jamaica, Queens.

On June 3, 2020, Lacarriere saw the investigative team watching what appeared to be a sale of some of the stolen property. Lacarriere ran into the shuttered beauty salon building. The authorities quickly exercised a search warrant and ran into the building themselves.

They found Lacarriere hiding in a closet, along with "mountains of boxes stuffed with designer goods."

In all, police found more than 3,000 authentic Gucci items and over 1,000 authentic Chanel products. The value of everything recovered is more than $2.5 million

“Millions of dollars’ worth of designer merchandise was illegally hauled off-airport property by a crew of bandits who used forged cargo shipment receipts to gain access to an importer/exporter warehouse," Queens DA Melinda Katz said in a news release. "Keeping our airports in Queens safe and secure is a top priority of my office. Two of the defendants have now been sentenced by the Court for their roles in this brazen heist.”