A 28-year-old man was sentenced to 45 years in prison after a Tarrant County jury convicted him of organized retail theft for stealing more than $37,000 worth of merchandise, primarily LEGO sets, from Target stores across North Texas.
Prosecutors say Winston Love was found guilty of organized retail theft involving property valued between $30,000 and $150,000.
Love was arrested on Halloween 2025 after a Target employee reported that a man fled a store with more than $1,200 worth of LEGO merchandise. Police tracked him to a residence where a brief standoff occurred before he surrendered without incident.
Following his arrest, Watauga police said officers seized a vehicle, more than $5,000 in cash and narcotics from the residence where Love had been staying.
Investigators said Love targeted multiple Target stores throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth area and was suspected of being part of a larger retail theft ring operating in Texas and Oklahoma.
The total value of the stolen merchandise exceeded $37,000, according to authorities.
This is the first jury trial under Texas’s updated Organized Retail Theft statute, which applies to crimes committed on or after Sept. 1, 2025. Thanks to the Target Loss Prevention Team and to police in Euless, Grapevine, Mansfield, and Watauga for their work on this case. pic.twitter.com/AZpiZauwNZ
— Tarrant County DA (@TarrantCountyDA) June 10, 2026
