MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (May 5, 2025) — In a shocking turn of events that has left plastic brick enthusiasts and big box retailers equally stunned, Murfreesboro Police are on the hunt for a Lego-loving larcenist who executed what can only be described as the Great Walmart Block Heist.
It all went down at the Walmart on South Rutherford Boulevard, where an enterprising thief decided to skip the checkout line and go straight to free play mode. An alert loss prevention employee noticed the man piling Lego sets into his cart with the kind of enthusiasm typically reserved for a 9-year-old on their birthday — except this adult-sized enthusiast had no intention of paying for his miniature castles and Star Wars ships.
As any master builder would, the suspect rolled his cart full of overpriced Danish joy-bricks right past the registers and into the parking lot with all the subtlety of a cartoon villain. Store cameras caught the moment he loaded the loot into a getaway car — a Mitsubishi hatchback complete with a cherry blossom decal and (because why not) an Uber sign. Tragically, for the case and the Uber brand alike, the license plate wasn’t visible.
The estimated value of the stolen sets? A cool $200 — though it could be more, but since the suspect didn’t bother scanning his purchases, we’ll never know exactly what magical worlds he’s constructing at home. Police reports confirm the exact inventory was “unidentifiable,” because as it turns out, thieves don’t often submit receipts.
The suspect, described as a man in a white t-shirt and khaki shorts (because originality isn’t his strong suit), remains at large. Police are working hard to track him down — ideally before he turns his stolen Millennium Falcon into a Death Star.
As for Walmart employees, they’ll be keeping an extra sharp eye on anyone who looks like they might be trying to recreate a scene from The Lego Movie in real life — especially if their cart looks suspiciously more like a toy aisle sweepstakes than a casual Saturday run.
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