California deputies recovered more than $150,000 in New Balance shoes after reports of people breaking into BNSF Railroad boxcars. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department’s Barstow Station announced the recovery Aug. 24. Authorities arrested Leonardo Martinez Navarre, 29, after he fled a traffic stop near Daggett. Daggett is an unincorporated community in San Bernardino County, about 10 miles east of Barstow. Barstow sits in California’s Mojave Desert, along Interstate 15 between Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
The call came at about 7:04 a.m. Monday near westbound Interstate 40 in Daggett. While heading toward the location, Barstow Station personnel saw a vehicle matching the suspects’ description. The driver headed west on I-40 before officers initiated a stop. Navarre exited and ran, according to the sheriff’s department.
