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PORTLAND, Ore. - Agents had to use a 20-foot truck to cart away the evidence from a suspect's house — mountains of Lego bricks.

William Swanberg, 40, of Reno, Nev., is accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of the colorful plastic building blocks.

Swanberg was indicted by a grand jury in Hillsboro, a Portland suburb, which charged him with stealing Lego sets from Target stores.

Target estimates Swanberg stole up to $200,000 worth of the brick sets pilfered from their stores in Oregon, Utah, Arizona, Nevada and California. The Legos were resold on the Internet, officials said.

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Here's a picture of the arrest,


Later,
Kenaz

"Mr. Miyagi" Dead At Age 73

Pat Morita owed his fame to kids, he once said. "You know why? I'm the same height." A generation raised on Mr. Miyagi might beg to differ.

Morita, who played the iconic martial-arts guru in four Karate Kid movies, and earned an Academy Award nomination for his uncommonly profound car-waxing tips, died Thursday in a Las Vegas hospital. He was 73.

The cause of death was unclear. A daughter told the Associated Press that Morita succumbed to heart failure; his manager told the wire service that the star passed away while awaiting a kidney transplant.

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Read Pat Morita's biography at IMDB

Later,
Kenaz

Tales From The Set

It's been a really busy week for me, thus I haven't had the time to post anything. I've been out working background five days this week on four different sets. Here's the rundown for the week.

Monday,
"Hades Factor"Shooting in Toronto at the Royal York. I played a reporter covering a conference on disease control in Germany. Stephen Dorff is just a generally nice, pleasant person to be around and director Mick Jackson moves very quickly, no debating his set ups with the DOP, just set it, get it, move on. Like it!

Tuesday
Again back at the Royal York. This time for Rexxx, the Fire Dog, a Disney Production. Luckily, I was booked as a Hotel Guest and not the majority who where having to walk down Front Street reacting to a fire truck.

Wednesday
Redemption time! Back on Rexxx for a series of pick up shots of scenes filmed back on November 2. Well early November felt like a Spring day compared to the -10C conditions we endured this night. Good thing this crew cared for the background and let us warm up in a nearby office building lobby often or their might still be a frozen body or two left on John Street. I still don't know alot about this film other than a boy, his dog and a firehouse.

Thursday
According to IMDB "Breach" is described as a movie based on a true story of Robert Hanssen, the FBI Agent convicted of selling secrets to the Russian's. This was a short a sweet, although confusing day. I was one of 500 background sandwhiched into a church on Queen St in Toronto for a couple wide shots requiring extras to kneel down a pray.

Friday
Out to Landsdown and Dupont to a studio located in an old factory for the CBC drama "Wonderland" in which I played a cop. Generally nice cast and crew, as is the case on most small sets, and is the case on most television series a short day, this case only five hours.

Sorry this isn't much, but this life of an extra. Can't wait for my ACTRA Apprentice membership to come through, I finally got the required amount of days and apllied a week ago, a little bit extra cash will by a lot of toe warmers.

Later,
Kenaz