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G-A <br />• <br />C <br />~n <br />.Star Tribune/Saturday/September 4/1993 .. _ ~~,Se <br />' a>e. <br />` ._ ~' a. <br />= ~ - <br />__ <br />. _ 9 ;. <br />By Tatsha Robertson been misplaced. ;:; <br />Staff Writer - ~i:": <br />The shop's owner, Daryl Shtber, said <br />A six-month investigation of a he has done nothing wrong. He"said <br />Bloomington pawnshop resulted in there are times when a police hold is <br />12 arrests and the seizure of more placed on an item believed to 1'tave <br />than 200 items believed to have been been- stolen, but that because of, a <br />.stolen. high volume of business, the items <br />are sometimes misplaced or mistak- <br />Authorities on Thursday searched erily sold. He said he has 300 to-400 <br />National Pawn Brokers Unlimited, customers aday. - <br />8650 Lyndale Av. S. Items -such as -~-, <br />computers and other electronic "I run a clean operation here. I coop- <br />equipment, bicycles, guns and jewel- erate with .with all police depart- <br />w r ments " he said. <br />ry e e confiscated. <br /> <br />:Twelve customers were arrested at ~, <br />According to the affidavit, an in_ for- <br />the shop, mostly for outstanding war- mant told police that he has- sold <br />rants and driving violations. Five stolen items to Shiber and that the <br />.were arrested on charges of selling store is known by criminals to bean <br />items they had bought with stolen easy place to sell stolen items. , ~, <br />credit cards. <br /> A former employee of an Eden Prai- <br />Detectives from the Bloomington Po- rie computer company who was ~ar- <br />• <br />lice Department and -Hennepin rested during the investigation told <br />County Sheriffs Department said in police that he had been stealing from <br />an affidavit for a search warrant that the company for 14 months and had <br />they had received complaints that the sold stolen items to Shiber. However, <br />-whop buys,and sells stolen~properiy. - the man •told police that he ,and <br />- <br />- never talked of the iteaisL:ac- <br />Shiber <br />Authorities said. they noticed, through 'cording to the ,affidavit. ` "'° <br />daily checks of the shop that a "dras- ~ ~- - " ~. <br /> tic" amount of stolen items ended up •Shiber has not been arrested ;At:- <br /> there. Police 'said that although holds thorities said they are. continuing`to, <br /> -were placed on suspicious items, they 'investigate - - - <br />~ <br /> '§till were sold or were said to have <br />,. <br />= ~" L _ <br />-.. ,..--..~ti <br />• <br />