After being called to an area of Oklahoma City for a complaint about illegal dumping, Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office deputies found hundreds of empty packages worth more than $15,000. The discovery of a receipt from a local store led deputies to a home, where they found hundreds of undelivered packages and arrested three people for possessing stolen property.
When officers arrived at the home, they found packages being stored in almost every room and filling the storm shelter, according to the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s office. Law enforcement believes Cesar Yasnier Cerqueria Rojas was loading extra product onto a truck and taking it home to sell.
Rojas and Laurencio are undocumented immigrants, according to the sheriff’s office, and officers had questions about the validity of the identification they provided.
Rojas, Laurencio and Delgado were each charged with 15 felony counts of possession of stolen property and embezzlement. In Oklahoma, possessing stolen property can come with a sentence of up to five years in prison and it’s possible the defendants could face additional charges.
Captain Robert Tye estimated the packages were worth at least $15,000 and said it was just the “tip of the iceberg.” Although found in Oklahoma County, most of the packages were destined for the southern part of the state, Texas and Kansas.
All 593 packages that were found on New Year’s Eve had been opened and the majority of their contents were missing. However, KFOR reported some books and a copy of the Quran was discovered at the scene.
