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Cook County Deputies Recover $1.5 Million in Stolen Laptops From Chicago Trailer

Officials say the find blocked a pipeline to resale markets.

Overview

  • Deputies with the Sheriff’s Organized Retail Crime Unit found a 53-foot trailer in the Austin neighborhood loaded with laptops worth about $1.5 million after a tip on May 14.
  • The trailer had been reported stolen earlier in the week from Bridgeview.
  • Investigators confirmed the truck attached to the trailer was also stolen.
  • The sheriff’s office said the seizure stopped the laptops from being funneled into the secondary retail market.
  • The case remains under investigation with no arrests announced and no public answer on how the thefts occurred.