Overview

• An undercover officer bought an LG oven from Jeffery L. Hendon Jr. that matched a serial number reported missing from a Lockport warehouse heist in February.
• Lake County deputies executed a search warrant on August 7 at Hendon’s Barrington-area home and recovered 71 stolen ovens and dryers.
• Investigators found a cache of homemade explosives at the property, which the Waukegan Police Bomb Squad safely removed.
• Hendon, 36, is charged with theft over $10,000, online sale of stolen goods and unlawful possession of explosives.
• Sheriff John Idleburg warned that organized fencing rings inflate retail prices and endanger public safety as Hendon’s case moves through the courts.