I HATE THIEVES

[Mace Canute]

Pawnshops are just legalized fences. I know a local guy who runs a pawnshop here, a few years back he was seen opening up the back door to his pawnshop in the wee small hours after midnight to do some business with one of his regulars. It doesn't take an adding machine to figure out what was going on there! But...try to prove that the pawnshop owners know the stuff is hot when they bought it...ain't gonna happen...they are well aware of how to protect themselves!

 

[johnrex62]

Pawnshops are just legalized fences. I know a local guy who runs a pawnshop here, a few years back he was seen opening up the back door to his pawnshop in the wee small hours after midnight to do some business with one of his regulars. It doesn't take an adding machine to figure out what was going on there! But...try to prove that the pawnshop owners know the stuff is hot when they bought it...ain't gonna happen...they are well aware of how to protect themselves!

You know one guy who does something fishy. That does not mean that the law protects him, it just means he did it and perhaps got away with it.

It does not even say he does this every night or on every transaction or even more than once. Your adding machine may be right on target with what he was doing that night, but it doesn't tell me diddly about any other pawn shop in the world and doesn't make me believe that this activity was the norm for the whole universe.

You don't have to prove the pawn shop owner KNEW it was hot when he took it in. You only have to prove it was reported to the police before he took it in and he is guilty of receiving stolen merchandise and subject to the same penalty of law as any other fence. It is required by law, everywhere in the US as far as I am aware, that the Pawn dealer check the published stolen property lists when accepting merchandise. If the dealer accepts something on the list before checking, he must notify the police and turn over the item to them. He can get his money back from the person pawning if he can, otherwise he is out the cash.

If someone or something appears fishy, he should check the list before paying out the cash. That is common sense and most dealers do that. If they think they can get away with it and not report it, they are breaking the law and can get fined or jailed if they get caught, even after the fact. If they are willing to take the chance, it does not mean they are protected by the law, it just means they are crooks and are taking the chance.

Not every Pawn dealer is a crook anymore than every lawyer (saints forgive me) is a shyster or every cop is on the take or every white person is a biggoted racist just because Carol O'Connor played one on tv.

 

[jonyyuma]

Here, they are supposed to get a Thumb print from the hocker, but is is not followed a lot.This came about on the theft of copper and ac cooling units being cut and scraped from others? Jy.

 

[Ken]

Know of a new Woodmizer saw on wheels was seen by owner leaving his place he followed into another county and notified sherriff dept about location. Saw disappeared . About 4 months later a law enforcement man notified the owner the saw was in storage yard of sherriff dept Only the tow fee the storage fee almost exceded the cost of the saw. Can it be called legelized theft.
ken

 

[jonyyuma]

That same thing happens here on stored stolen cars. tow bills are terrible.But just watch "parking lot wars" about up in Philly? OMG.

 

[Ken]

Had my pick-up stolen notified Sheriff Dept. that it was gone. About 3 day's later the Game and Fish man called me at home to ask why I had not reclaimed the pick-up he had found it in Stone county and papers in glove dept gave info. of ownership notified this countys Sheriff Dept. I drove to location and met the Stone co. Sheriff and since it was stripped loaded onto trailer. returned home called local Sherrif. No recored of any calls not even my first call.
ken