The goods were taken from shopping malls.
A judge has sentenced a Westminster, MD, man to prison for selling stolen sunglasses online.
Brian Nelson Halsey received a sentence of four years, nine months, the Baltimore Sun reports. Beyond that, he’ll serve three years of probation.
Halsey’s sentence followed a guilty plea. In all, the stolen merchandise was reported to be worth $500,000.
The 52-year-old Halsey worked with a co-conspirator named William Albert Engel, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maryland. Authorities said Engel stole the designer sunglasses from stores within shopping malls.
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Authorities found about $200,000 in merchandise.
Engel has pleaded guilty and is set to be sentenced June 5.
Read more at the Baltimore Sun
