![Dionicio Fierros, age 69 of Los Angeles, was arrested and booked at the Indio Jail for theft of agricultural products. The lemons were confiscated.](https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/1200/675/Lemon20thief.jpg?ve=1&tl=1)
Dionicio Fierros, 69, allegedly stole 800 pounds of freshly picked lemons from a farm in Riverside, California, according to the sheriff's department. (Riverside County Sheriff's Office)
A California man was caught Friday with an unusual haul: 800 pounds of stolen lemons, cops said.
Dionicio Fierros, 69, of Los Angeles, was taken into custody for theft of agricultural products, the Riverside County Sheriff's Office stated in a news release.
The lemons were spotted during a traffic stop in Thermal, southeast of Palm Springs. Deputies said they found "800 pounds of freshly picked lemons in the vehicle," and that they'd been swiped from a nearby farm.
Fierros' arrest comes as authorities have been investigating recent agricultural thefts from local farms in the cities of Thermal, Mecca and Oasis.