A UPS employee in Secaucus, New Jersey was recently charged with stealing more than $1,100 USD in sneakers directly from the company’s facility, NJ.com reports.

Fourty-one-year-old Halif Bryant of Jersey City was arrested on March 15 at 7:48 a.m. and charged with theft. Shortly thereafter, he was processed and then released. Bryant reportedly stole three pairs of shoes, again, valued at over $1,100 USD, although the brand of sneakers has not been disclosed.

This of course isn’t the first time in recent memory that a sneaker theft has made headlines. Just last year $14,000 USD in Nike footwear was stolen from a semi truck, while later in 2017 a trailer carrying roughly $1 million USD worth of shoes was snatched in Torrance, California.

For more on the story, follow on over to NJ.com.

In other news, New Balance has secured a $17.3 million USD U.S. military footwear contract.

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Source: NJ.com

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