Does he sell knives?
Does he buy stolen jewelry?
> Does he sell knives?
Does he buy stolen jewelry?
BINGO. If you knew how many times police officers / detectives have been lied to by pawn shop owners about whether they have stolen property in their possession you’d be amazed. I remember working a case many moons ago where there was a homeowner who had several items stolen from their home, a digital camera that the owner had the serial number of. I already knew where the item would be fenced because it was well know that this one particular pawn shop was where they went (I know, DUH). I had made friends with one of the “honest” employees there so I called him up and asked hi if he had said digital camera in his inventory and he said yeah they had just received it a few days before (actually I had already ID’d the guy; I had a good idea who it was after questioning the homeowner) so I go down there and talk to the pawnshop manager; he says no they don’t have it. I tell him I have it on good authority that the item is in his store and he gets nervous and rednecks and lo and behold there it is! I talked to the “honest” employee later and he told me the manager was pissed because he had to hand over the goods.
Now you know why I don’t trust pawnshop owners. They’re in a dirty business and buying stolen goods is their opportunity to buy items very cheap and turn them over for a big profit. Hell one of the ways they price their items is that they call up the store the item was bought from or the local Walmart and the post the full retail price of the item! Learned that from talking to several pawn shop employees. The reason I don’t buy anything from ‘em as well.