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| Saw Chop Shop | |
| By: Chainsawrepair Date: February 12, 2015, 1:31 pm | |
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| Good article in Washington. Pay attention to what they were | |
| looking for as the cruised areas searching. | |
| Possible chain saw chop shop under investigation | |
| By Eric Stevick, Herald Writer | |
| MARYSVILLE � On the street, he's known as �the saw guy.�Now | |
| detectives with a north Snohomish County property crimes unit | |
| are investigating whether the Marysville-area businessman was | |
| running what amounted to a chop shop for stolen chain saws.With | |
| a court-approved search warrant in hand, they paid an | |
| unannounced visit to the home-based online business last week. | |
| The man has not been arrested or charged.The investigation is | |
| continuing and the business owner has been cooperative, said | |
| sheriff's detective Glenn DeWitt, a member of the north county | |
| property crimes unit.Detectives recovered seven items, including | |
| a boat motor and chain saws, that had been reported stolen in | |
| Snohomish and Skagit counties. They also are sorting through the | |
| serial numbers of roughly 200 other pieces of equipment found on | |
| the property. The business, which sells chain saws and parts | |
| over the Internet, reportedly made $166,000 in 2013.It came | |
| under scrutiny in recent months during other burglary and theft | |
| investigations. One woman told detectives that a lot of drug | |
| users take their stolen loot to the �saw guy.�In early January, | |
| a Snohomish County Sheriff's Office patrol deputy stopped a car | |
| near Marysville. A man ran off. Deputies found heroin, | |
| methamphetamine and a notebook titled the �Stihl book� in the | |
| car. Stihl is a brand of chain saw. The book included a ledger | |
| listing makes and models of different chain saws, weed eaters, | |
| leaf blowers and other equipment.Among the items recovered last | |
| week was a blower that was stolen from a city of Marysville | |
| truck.One burglary suspect reportedly trolled neighborhoods | |
| looking for homes where wood had recently been cut. That was a | |
| sign that the owners might have chain saws. Detectives believe | |
| the thief hit cars, barns, sheds and open garages.In one | |
| instance near Cathcart, the alleged burglar entered a garage and | |
| stole several guns from an open safe. A sheriff's vehicle was | |
| parked in the driveway next door.Detectives believe the business | |
| owner and a co-worker would break apart many of the chain saws | |
| brought to them and sell the parts.�This is similar to cases I | |
| have investigated related to chop shops where suspects were | |
| taking apart cars to sell for parts,� DeWitt wrote.Law officers | |
| are looking for a man and a woman suspected in multiple | |
| burglaries and thefts related to the chain saw case.The | |
| investigation involving the business owner also will be | |
| forwarded to prosecutors to decide on whether charges should be | |
| filed. Potential charges could include trafficking in stolen | |
| property.DeWitt said there were concerns that the man was not | |
| following sales and transaction rules for second-hand | |
| businesses. Those include gathering identification from people | |
| offering merchandise and logging serial numbers.The detective | |
| urged homeowners to keep track of serial numbers for items that | |
| could be attractive to thieves. | |
| #Post#: 54148-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Saw Chop Shop | |
| By: aclarke Date: February 12, 2015, 5:58 pm | |
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| Is he the customchainsawparts ebay dude? | |
| Hard to believe he wouldn't know The difference between a | |
| tweaker with stolen saws and a legit owner. | |
| #Post#: 54153-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Saw Chop Shop | |
| By: 660magnum Date: February 12, 2015, 6:54 pm | |
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| If so, he also has many more parts that are not from old | |
| chainsaws . . . | |
| http://www.ebay.com/sch/customchainsawparts/m.html?item=231469787115&hash=item3… | |
| #Post#: 54154-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Saw Chop Shop | |
| By: man of stihl Date: February 12, 2015, 6:55 pm | |
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| Wow...... | |
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