Agents of the Attorney General\u2019s Investigation Unit arrested over the weekend a man who, together with others, allegedly stole over 100 boxes of Polo shirts from the L&T International warehouse compound in Lower Base in May.<\/p>\n
De Zhu Sun, 30, was arrested for allegedly receiving stolen property. He was taken to the Superior Court yesterday for a bail hearing.<\/p>\n
Associate Judge David A. Wiseman allowed Sun to post a $2,500 cash bail and $22,500 in unsecured bond.<\/p>\n
The arraignment was set for Jan. 12 at 9am.<\/p>\n
Investigation is still ongoing with respect to the other suspects, Saipan Tribune learned.<\/p>\n
AGIU investigator Erwin T. Flores stated in his report that on May 25, 2008, the Department of Public Safety received a complaint about the theft of numerous boxes of Polo shirts from the second floor of a warehouse in the L&T International compound.<\/p>\n
Flores said that, according to the information, a blue van with license plate AGC 583 was seen leaving the compound on the day of the burglary.<\/p>\n
Flores said that on Dec. 5, 2008, acting on information from a \u201cconfidential source,\u201d police officers arrested Sun and three other persons who had just delivered boxes of Polo shirts at the Rainbow Auto Shop in Chalan Laolao.<\/p>\n
Police questioned the four about the shirts then released them for further investigation.<\/p>\n
DPS impounded 94 boxes of Polo shirts. Sun claimed he had a receipt for the shirts and that he was the items\u2019 legitimate owner.<\/p>\n
Flores said an agent from the Federal Bureau of Investigation who assisted in the investigation told him that the boxes seized by DPS were taken to a private warehouse in As Lito. The warehouse is under the control of the police\u2019s \u201cconfidential source.\u201d<\/p>\n
Flores said he, the FBI agent, and another AGIU investigator took an employee of L&T to the As Lito warehouse to check the shirts.<\/p>\n
Flores said the L&T employee identified the boxes as the items that were stolen from the L&T warehouse.<\/p>\n
After the positive identification, the investigator said they seized the 94 boxes of Polo shirts and transferred them to a secured area at the CTSI Terminal in Lower Base.<\/p>\n
Flores said that when he interviewed Sun, the suspect showed four receipts for the Polo shirts.<\/p>\n
Flores said an L&T accountant, however, confirmed that the four receipts were fraudulent because they don\u2019t have an authorized signature and are of different forms.<\/p>\n
The accountant said the company would not allow such a large sale to occur since that would be a breach of the contract with Polo Ralph Lauren to sell that many pieces to another buyer.<\/p>\n
Flores said that during a second interview with Sun on Dec. 22, the suspect admitted he was aware that the shirts were stolen.<\/p>\n
Sun pointed to a former employee of Trans Asia Garment Manufacturing as the one who stole the boxes of shirts using a blue van.<\/p>\n
Sun also showed to Flores at his residence 50 boxes that appeared to be identical to the 94 boxes that were recovered from the warehouse in As Lito.<\/p>\n
Sun told the investigator that the boxes contained the same Polo shirts worth $50,000.<\/p>\n
AGIU agents searched Sun\u2019s residence last Friday and seized the boxes of shirts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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