Houston Men Busted for Stealing about 1,000 Pairs of Blue Jeans

HOUSTON, TX — Ramirez Nava Rodriguez and Jose Isabel Del Angel took the maxim 'go big or go home' literally. The pair are charged with swiping about 1,000 pairs of jeans from area malls and then selling them at flea markets.

From about Dec. 2012 to last month, Rodriguez, 41, and Del Angel, 54, would allegedly hit stores in smaller malls, like the Central Mall in Port Arthur, when they went 'shopping.'

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It's alleged that the duo really liked J.C. Penny's and would often visit multiple stores in a single day. Rodriguez allegedly had a special tool — which could be anything from a $13 magnetic tag remover to a $165 removal gun — to undo the security tags.

Although he didn't really need a special tool, those tags come off with rubber bands. Once they got the tags off the jeans, Rodriguez and Del Angel would head over to the Sunny Flea Market on Airline to sell the pants.

Authorities, estimate that the over the caper's 3.5 year lifespan, the duo allegedly stole more than $55,000 in merchandise.