A Justice man has been sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to the theft of more than $500,000 in retail goods, according to Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office.

Mahdi Alhaw, 34, was sentenced by Cook County Judge Stanley Sacks after pleading guilty to a Class 1 felony count of theft in excess of $500,000, the office said.

The sentence is the result of an investigation by Raoul’s Organized Retail Crime Task Force that recovered thousands of stolen items at several storage units in the Chicago area in December 2021, according to a news release.

The sentence resulted from a multiagency investigation by Raoul’s Organized Retail Crime Task Force. During a search of Alhaw’s vehicle in 2021, the Chicago Police Department recovered items that led investigators with Raoul’s task force to several storage units where stolen merchandise was recovered, according to the news release.

The storage units contained four semitrailers of merchandise, including clothing, electronics, cosmetics, mattresses, pet supplies and other items. BNSF Railway Police also contributed to the investigation, according to the release.