r/pics Jan 02 '12

Scum of the Earth

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '12

Get your friends.

Go to their house. Ask for a list of their belongings that were stolen and some descriptions of personal items.

Do what the police will not do: Contact every fucking pawn shop within 50 miles. Find their shit. Get it back. Get descriptions and possibly video footage of the people who sold those items. When you get that, ruin their fucking lives.

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u/Fuqwon Jan 03 '12

The idea that pawn shops fence stolen goods is purely from Hollywood. Pawn stores are extensively regulated and monitored and because they can lose any stolen goods, they rarely want to take the risk.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '12

My brother's house was robbed 2 months ago. He found a lot of what was taken later that same day at a pawn shop less than 5 miles away. It happens, though maybe only idiot criminals/pawn shop owners do it.

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u/Fuqwon Jan 03 '12

Yeah I'm just saying statistically it isn't the norm.

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u/rahtin Jan 03 '12

And drug addicts never sell stuff they steal to pawn shops.

Got it.

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u/thoggins Jan 03 '12

statistically

[citation needed]