The pawn shops in the city where I worked as a police officer were pretty legit. We had a pawn shop detail that consisted of 3 detectives who all they did all day was visit pawn shops and go over the items that they had in there to keep them honest. Most pawn shops nowadays that do business openly will not risk losing thier license, business and potential jail time to fence stolen items. Some tweaker comes in with a new rolex or some gold coins they know pretty well he is a thief and boot him out the door.
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