PRESTONSBURG - The Prestonsburg Police Department has been inundated with calls after collecting thousands of items in the eBay case.

In order to help area residents who are anxious to come down to the station to identify lost items, police are asking that interested parties begin calling them to schedule appointments to view the evidence starting Monday, June 12.

Assistant Police Chief Bryan Hall said that visits to view evidence have to be scheduled carefully, as the department has over 1,800 pictures of items seized in the case and it will take an average of 90 minutes to review the pictures of evidence.

Anyone who thinks that the department might have recovered their items can call them at (606) 886-1010 starting Monday and dispatchers will put callers through to the office that will schedule appointments.

"We want to make sure that everyone gets a chance to view what we have collected," Hall said, "but the sheer volume of material necessitates us taking this approach. We're very grateful for everyone's cooperation and will be willing to sit down with possible victims and let them see photos of everything we've recovered."

Police Chief Mike Omerod noted that the value of what was seized is incalculable and that many of the photos contain numerous items of evidence which include all manner of items from coin collections to flatware. He said that only a team of assorted appraisers would have a shot at calculating the dollar value of what authorities have recovered.