By Jeremy Gorner and Jason Meisner Tribune reporters
1:29 p.m. CDT, March 14, 2012
Local and federal authorities raided a Lincoln Park home of a man suspected
of running an elaborate fencing operation and found dozens of high-end,
stolen merchandise, officials said Wednesday.
Jicheng Liu, 32, is charged with a felony for his role in the operation,
authorities said.
Following a months-long joint investigation by the Chicago Police Department
,U.S. Secret Service and the Cook County state’s attorney’s office, Liu
was arrested Tuesday after authorities executed a warrant on a home in the
1700 block of West Altgeld Street and confiscated truckloads of merchandise
believed to have been stolen.
Authorities said they also found more merchandise linked to Liu in three
storage lockers.
More than 80 high-end bicycles, 50 strollers, golf clubs and TV sets were
found during the raid, authorities said. A number of garage-door openers
with various addresses labeled on them were found in his possession,
authorities said.
At least one of the recovered items belonged to Blackhawks general manager
Stan Bowman, officials said.
According to sources, Liu has also cyberstalked two Chicago police officers
who arrested him on a separate case.
Liu, a Chinese citizen, was ordered held Wednesday on $100,000 cash bond by
Cook County Criminal Court Judge Donald Panarese Jr.
