Items recovered by Dallas police during a vehicle search, including altered keys and tools tied to suspected mail theft activity | Image courtesy of Dallas Police Department
Officers with the Northeast Crime Response Team arrested a suspect connected to a stolen vehicle and uncovered evidence of additional criminal activity following a proactive response in Northeast Dallas last week.
According to police, officers responded January 29 to a FLOCK license plate reader alert identifying a stolen Mercedes GLE that had been reported stolen from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Officers located the vehicle near the intersection of Audelia Road and Walnut Street.
Police said the suspect, identified as Loi Lien, 35, was found asleep inside the vehicle and taken into custody without incident.
During an inventory search of the vehicle, officers located property belonging to Lien. A subsequent search of that property revealed evidence connected to additional criminal activity involving mail theft.
Authorities said the evidence gathered by Northeast Crime Response Team officers was turned over to U.S. Postal Inspectors and directly assisted an ongoing federal investigation.
Police credited the officers’ detailed work with helping support another agency’s case and demonstrating effective interagency cooperation.
Lien was transported to the Dallas County Jail and charged with the following offenses:
- Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle
- Possession of Identifiers
- Unlawful Use of a Criminal Instrument
- Possession of a Controlled Substance, Penalty Group 1, under 1 gram
- Theft warrant from Collin County
The investigation remains ongoing.