Cops foil heist of $1M worth of LeBron’s shoes

The LeBron 12s were the target of a heist. (NIKE)

In Memphis, Tennessee, there is a huge Nike shipping facility. All those shoes, in and out, day after day. And Complex brings us the story of Charles Jennings, who attempted the heist of 7,500 pairs of the new LeBron James shoes, the LeBron 12s, valued as high as $250 per pair for some editions. From WMRC:

"Stole a trailer full of LeBron James tennis shoes, which was valued somewhere between $700,000 and $1 million" said Assistant Chief Mark Dunbar, Shelby County Sheriff's Office.

The Memphis Cargo Task Force, which is comprised of members of FBI, U.S. Marshal's Service, Shelby County Sheriff's Office, and Memphis Police Department, says it learned Jennings, an Intermodal Cartage Group employee, used his own I.D. card to leave work with the cargo in tow. He was reportedly captured with the loot on East Holmes Road.

"With the size of that shipment, the odds are not very good you're going to be able to get away with it," Dunbar said.

via Special task force interrupts $1 million LeBron James sneaker heist.

Dude just hitched up a trailer to his vehicle and thought he'd roll on out. Did he think no one would miss 7,500 pairs of shoes?

Most interesting? The story says only 6,800 of the pairs have been found.

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