More merchandise seized from flea market vendors
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The investigation into counterfeit merchandise being sold over the weekend at Trader Jack’s flea market has widened with the seizure of a van and box truck full of goods in North Versailles Township.
Collier Township police Chief Thomas Devin said Tuesday that officers from his force went to North Versailles, home of Zhongming Dai, who was charged Sunday with felonious trademark counterfeiting, and confiscated the two vehicles.
“We’re not sure how much we have,” Devin said. “We haven’t even started going through the truck and van yet.” Devin described the amount of merchandise as “substantial.”
“Additional charges are pending,” he said. “We’ll be combining the North Versailles (case) into ours and consulting with the district attorney’s office.”
Both communities are in Allegheny County.
Dai was also charged Sunday with resisting arrest at the flea market at 999 Steen Road, Bridgeville. Liangle Sun of New York also was arrested on a charge of felony trademark counterfeiting.
At the flea market, a landmark along Interstate 79 near Heidelberg, Collier police seized more than a thousand items, including toys, clothing, pillows, dinnerware and National Football League and Major League Baseball apparel, plus two vehicles and $1,500.
The federal Department of Homeland Security and state police are assisting Collier Township police, who initially responded to a call about pirated motion-picture DVDs for sale at the flea market, which resulted in charges being filed against a Pittsburgh man and a juvenile.