Tarrant County Lego thief given lengthy prison sentence

A man arrested last year who was involved in a Lego theft ring was found guilty by a Tarrant County jury last week, and will spend the next 45 years in jail.Lego thief sentencedOn June 4, a Tarrant County jury found 28-year-old Winston Love guilty of organized retail theft with a deadly weapon.He was later sentenced to 45 years in prison for the offense.Police connected him to thefts across North Texas Target stores mainly involving Lego sets. Coffee makers, vacuum cleaners and Playstation controllers were also recovered after his initial arrest in Oct. 2025.A search warrant for Love's residence revealed evidence of a major theft ring stretching from Texas to Oklahoma, mainly involving tens of thousands of dollars' worth of Lego products.Lego theft ringLove was arrested in Oct. 2025 following a shoplifting call in Watauga. Investigators said he walked out of the Target store on Highway 377 with $1,300 worth of Lego toys.Police tracked him to a home where he’d been staying, which result