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Cops Make a Huge Lego Bust at a Neighborhood Toy Store

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1 year ago

July 11, 2024

Cops Make a Huge Lego Bust at a Neighborhood Toy Store

Police in Oregon say they’ve recovered at least $200,000 in stolen Lego pieces—after thieves lifted them from local retailers and sold them for “a fraction” of their price tag to another store owner who “knowingly” scooped them up despite being aware of their origins, reports NBC News. Per a Tuesday statement on Facebook, Springfield police say the alleged thieves swiped “new, unopened sets” of the toy from nearby Target, Walmart, Barnes & Noble, and Fred Meyer stores, “then immediately went to the Brick Builders store” in Eugene “to exchange the stolen items for cash.”

“When interviewed, some suspects advised that Brick Builders’ staff knew the sets had recently been stolen,” the statement notes, adding that police found many of the suspects used the money they made to buy drugs. On July 3, cops carried out a search warrant on Brick Builders, where they say they recovered more than 4,150 sets of Lego bricks, worth more than $200,000.

Police say some of the individual sets recovered sold for more than $700, per CBS News. The owner of Brick Builders has been identified as 47-year-old Ammon Henrikson, charged with organized retail theft and theft by receiving. Police also arrested employee Albert Nash, 57. “SPD’s Crime Reduction Unit, with the support of our retail partners, works diligently to hold accountable those who make the choice to engage in or support retail theft,” police said in their statement. (More Lego stories.)

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Oregon lawmakers trade blame for frozen SNAP benefits

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19 hours ago

October 30, 2025

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Oregon lawmakers trade blame for frozen SNAP benefits

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are playing the blame game when it comes to the federal government shutdown.

KOIN 6 News Political Director Ken Boddie received reactions from two congressmen. Congressman Cliff Bentz, the only Republican in the Oregon delegation, and Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley shared their differing views on the stalemate and how it can come to an end.

Merkley said 210,000 Oregon children and 130,000 Oregon seniors will see a pause in their SNAP benefits because of the government shutdown. More than 700,000 Oregonians will be affected overall.

Merkley said the president is playing politics with Americans’ health by not activating a $5 billion contingency fund or using tariff revenue to fill the gap.

“I mean, who in the United States says, ‘I’m going to make sure children go hungry for a month as a political tactic.’ Who says that except this president in this time? It’s unethical, it’s immoral, it’s illegal, and we’re here to say, ‘hell no,’” Merkley said.

“It takes 60 votes to get something done in the Senate. We have 53 Republicans. The Democrats have the power to stop anything, without shutting down the government. Why are they shutting down the government? What they’re doing is saying, ‘If you don’t do it our way, we’re just going to close down the government and make a lot of people suffer,’” Bentz said.

Democrats say they’re holding out on the continuing resolution to preserve health care subsidies that would be eliminated if it passes. Those tax credits are set to expire at the end of the year.

Meanwhile, 26 state attorneys general, including Oregon’s Dan Rayfield, are suing the Trump administration to release the SNAP benefits.

The bottom line, 42 million Americans, overall, stand to lose their food assistance benefits come November 1, no matter who’s to blame.

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