{"id":20531,"date":"2026-08-27T00:00:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T00:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecigcanadazone.com\/restofcanada\/coolkicks-la-owner-claims-he-wasnt-charged-in-stolen-sneaker-bust\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T00:00:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T00:00:04","slug":"coolkicks-la-owner-claims-he-wasnt-charged-in-stolen-sneaker-bust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecigcanadazone.com\/restofcanada\/coolkicks-la-owner-claims-he-wasnt-charged-in-stolen-sneaker-bust\/","title":{"rendered":"CoolKicks LA Owner Claims He Wasn&#8217;t Charged In Stolen Sneaker Bust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-2256c8168e695892218e51b47fc9266b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260826_14b94abdfecb4e6aa6d76ca907f121fc\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:72c9f426-5851-478a-81b3-4fd155dba0db\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"CoolKicks LA Owner Claims He Wasn&apos;t Charged In Stolen Sneaker Bust\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/14\/4by3\/2026\/08\/26\/14b94abdfecb4e6aa6d76ca907f121fc_md.jpg\" alt=\"Adeel Shams\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2256c8168e695892218e51b47fc9266b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c1dd55d8db8b4702c4b06bc50378f130\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>CoolKicks LA owner <strong>Adeel Shams<\/strong> is taking to the internet to clear his name in the stolen sneaker raid at his store last October.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c1dd55d8db8b4702c4b06bc50378f130--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-a255426e5439fb564574278474cfdb9a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-a255426e5439fb564574278474cfdb9a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-854866a7fc9510f0e5ff4c24b666ce6a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Adeel posted a lengthy video Wednesday, explaining no criminal charges were filed against him or CoolKicks in the incident.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-854866a7fc9510f0e5ff4c24b666ce6a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-11bbbb54e42bf374eb5bb05818f9418e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>While Adeel and other employees were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/10\/03\/coolkicks-owner-adeel-shams-raid-forgery-los-angeles\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>detained during the bust<\/strong><\/a>, he was later released with no charges and he was never arrested &#8230; nor was he named in the indictment.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-11bbbb54e42bf374eb5bb05818f9418e--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-8ee52c83b807e50c3518ced12a943741\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"media-link image-block__link js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hulu.com\/series\/a0f22028-0e3f-4f3e-b1c4-763f5ac08ec3\"><br \/>\n                          <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"CoolKicks LA Owner Claims He Wasn&apos;t Charged In Stolen Sneaker Bust\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/0e\/16by9\/2026\/08\/10\/0e83b05101d8409fbfa35ac20e3c79bc_md.jpg\" alt=\"Princess Diana-INLINE-hulu\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-16by9\"\/><br \/>\n                                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-8ee52c83b807e50c3518ced12a943741--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-72d74a3b4ad983f10fcd527d31dda842\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>It turns out 6 Nike employees had been indicted for their involvement in the alleged theft ring &#8230; and CoolKicks co-founder <strong>Bereket Abraham<\/strong> was also named.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-72d74a3b4ad983f10fcd527d31dda842--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-244e806a161b0d6b32e147f3284bc3eb\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>CoolKicks tells TMZ &#8230; Bereket is innocent until proven guilty, but the company has parted ways with him following the indictment.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-244e806a161b0d6b32e147f3284bc3eb--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6c1e6034c3697e16049042218ea1dab3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Adeel says he hopes the charges against his former collaborator aren&#8217;t true and that he has the opportunity to clear his name.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6c1e6034c3697e16049042218ea1dab3--><\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/08\/26\/coolkicks-la-owner-on-clearing-name-in-stolen-sneaker-raid\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] CoolKicks LA owner Adeel Shams is taking to the internet to clear his name in the stolen sneaker raid at his store last October. Adeel posted a lengthy video Wednesday, explaining no criminal charges were filed against him or CoolKicks in the incident. While Adeel and other employees were detained during the bust, he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[91,93,89,107,108,90,109,96,106,1897,85,104,1175,862,1893,81,88,103,100,86,101,99,95,84,83,98,112,110,92,111,94,1894,1896,1895,82,102,1662,97,105,87],"class_list":["post-20531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ecig-canada-zone","tag-best-dab-pens","tag-best-dab-rigs","tag-best-dry-herb-vaporizer","tag-best-dry-herb-vaporizers","tag-best-portable-vaporizer","tag-best-vape-pen","tag-best-vape-pen-for-wax","tag-best-vaporizer","tag-best-weed-vaporizer","tag-bust","tag-cbd-vape","tag-cbd-vapor","tag-charged","tag-claims","tag-coolkicks","tag-dab-pen","tag-dab-pen-battery","tag-dab-pen-cartridge","tag-dab-pen-weed","tag-dab-rigs","tag-dab-rigs-for-sale","tag-dab-rigs-near-me","tag-disposable-dab-pen","tag-disposable-vapes","tag-dry-herb-vaporizer","tag-dry-herb-vaporizers","tag-ecigarettes","tag-ecigs","tag-electric-dab-rigs","tag-eliquid","tag-marijuana-vaporizer","tag-owner","tag-sneaker","tag-stolen","tag-vape-pen","tag-vaporizer-weed","tag-wasnt","tag-wax-dab-pen","tag-wax-vape-pen","tag-weed-vape-pen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecigcanadazone.com\/restofcanada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecigcanadazone.com\/restofcanada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecigcanadazone.com\/restofcanada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecigcanadazone.com\/restofcanada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecigcanadazone.com\/restofcanada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ecigcanadazone.com\/restofcanada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecigcanadazone.com\/restofcanada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecigcanadazone.com\/restofcanada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecigcanadazone.com\/restofcanada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecigcanadazone.com\/restofcanada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}