3 men charged by OCDA with stealing more than $311K in Nike merchandise

Three men have been charged with breaking into a BNSF train and stealing more than $300,000 in Nike merchandise while the train was parked in the Mojave Desert and then transporting the stolen goods to Anaheim.

On Nov. 22, 2024, BNSF railway police were notified that the contents of one of their shipping containers containing Nike merchandise had been separated from the train while it was parked near Amboy, California. In an effort to prevent theft, Nike placed a GPS tracker in the shipment of Air Jordan 11 Retro shoes.

Investigators with the California Highway Patrol tracked the GPS tracker to a U-Haul truck in an Anaheim parking lot and found 1,278 Air Jordan 11 Retro shoes valued at $311,832 inside the rental truck. Because the stolen merchandise was transported to Orange County, California law allows Orange County prosecutors to prosecute the case.

Bryan Quintero Echarravia, 18, of Mesa, Arizona, has been charged with one felony count of grand theft of cargo exceeding a value of more than $400 and one felony count of receiving stolen property. Bernardo Romeroquintero, 34, of Phoenix, Arizona, and Olegario Flores, 26, have both been charged with one felony count of grand theft of cargo exceeding a value of more than $400, one felony count of receiving stolen property, and one misdemeanor count of possession of burglary tools. They face a maximum sentence of three years in state prison if convicted on all counts.

Deputy District Attorney Dustin Chupurdy of the Gangs/TARGET Unit is prosecuting this case.

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