A well-organized Queens retail crew ripped off Home Depot outlets in nine states for $2.2 million in merchandise, then sold the goods to “fences” who peddled them on the black market, authorities said.
The sticky-fingered gang, taken down in a 780-count indictment, ran the scheme for 13 months, and was so well run that they held regular early morning planning meetings before the heists and kept meticulous lists of the items they wanted, the Queens District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday.
“By all accounts, this was a full time job for these defendants,” Queens DA Melinda Katz told reporters. “They took lunch, they took nap breaks, they took shifts. They picked a particular store, took a full inventory of the products. They showed up that day. After the products were stolen, the theft crew needed to get rid of them as a way to feed the theft crews’ salaries.”
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