Stealing someone’s toys is never cool, no matter the toy or age of the owner.

But that didn’t stop the cold-hearted thugs who walked away with $7K worth of Legos that Brian Richards of Grandville, Michigan, had been collecting for thirty-plus years, beginning at age five.

While he, his wife, and two kids were sleeping, thieves broke into his house and cleaned out a basement office filled with assembled, partially assembled, and bin-sorted Lego blocks and figures. Gone was the Ghostbusters building, the Disney Castle, the Mini Cooper, and the DeLorean time machine. The bandits ignored computers, expensive camera equipment, power tools. They only grabbed the stuff Richards really cared about.

The heist was so crisply executed — a lot of loot, neatly gathered, and stealthily transported up... Read More