Do people bring stolen items to pawn?
For all loans a record is made of the customer’s state or federally issued identification, a complete description of the merchandise, and the customer’s thumbprint. This information is then presented to the police department, so it’s a real dumb idea for a thief to bring stolen merchandise to us. Additionally, it is not in our interest to accept potentially stolen merchandise because the police can seize the merchandise and we lose both the collateral and the loaned money. Our staff (including a retired police officer who specialized in this area) is trained to look for signs of stolen property, to avoid such a costly mistake.
