Man convicted of stealing $500K in cigarettes from warehouse

A New Jersey man has been convicted in federal court of breaking into a Connecticut warehouse and stealing more than 8,000 cartons of cigarettes worth about USD 500,000.
Andrew Oreckinto, of Matawan, New Jersey, was convicted yesterday of theft from an interstate shipment. He faces up to a decade in prison.
Prosecutors say surveillance cameras recorded the 52-year-old Oreckinto breaking into New Britain Candy in Wethersfield, Connecticut, in March 2011. A glue-like substance was used to disable door locks. Wires to an outside surveillance camera and a phone line were also cut.
Authorities linked Oreckinto to the theft by analyzing his call history.

Oreckinto is currently serving a five-year prison term in New Jersey for stealing USD 100,000 worth of copper cable and selling it for scrap.