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CTV News
20 hours ago
- CTV News
Bicycle ‘chop shop' discovered at Kitchener home: police
Several bicycles and parts are seen in this undated photo. (Courtesy: Waterloo Regional Police Service) The Waterloo Regional Police Service has recovered more than $25,000 in bicycles and parts after they said they found a 'chop shop' in Kitchener. On Thursday, officers searched a home as part of an ongoing investigation that began after a stolen bike was found inside a residence near King Street West and Green Street. Officers said in addition to the original bike, numerous other bicycles and parts were found at a nearby home. The investigation in ongoing. In the meantime, officers will be trying to return the bicycles they found to their proper owners.
CBS News
2 days ago
- CBS News
15 people charged in "Operation Dirty Paper" investigation into Pennsylvania chop shop
More than 10 people were charged in connection with an investigation targeting a chop shop operation in Pennsylvania, authorities said. In a news release on Thursday, Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday said 15 people and two businesses in Lebanon County were charged after "Operation Dirty Paper," an investigation into the chop shop operation that involved vehicle title washing, fraudulent vehicle inspections and identity theft. Results of "Operation Dirty Paper" The Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General said the investigation surrounded two "collaborating criminal enterprises." The attorney general said Angel Vidal had a chop shop at his home in Lebanon that profited by stealing rented vehicles, dismantling and restickering the stolen vehicles, which were sold below market values across Pennsylvania and other states. Authorities said El Fuerte Auto Sales and El Fuerte Tire & Auto, both in Lebanon, were run by defendants Yonathan Peguero-Rodriguez and Johandeiry Bonilla. The two businesses are accused of aiding the operation by conducting improper vehicle inspections, falsifying inspection records and more. According to the press release, investigators said the "criminal organizations profited well over half a million dollars. The press release added that "many" Pennsylvanians had their identities stolen, unknowingly bought vehicles from a chop shop or encountered vehicles on the road that were not properly inspected. "This complex scheme involved many different types of criminal behavior that directly victimized Pennsylvanians, or put drivers and passengers at risk by being in the path of vehicles that may have been unsafe," Sunday said in the news release. The 15 individuals and the two businesses are facing a list of charges, including corrupt organizations, insurance fraud, bank fraud, identity theft, and forgery. Vidal is currently in the Northampton County Prison for similar alleged conduct, the AG said. "This operation undermined the public's trust in a system that's meant to keep our roads safe, as well as our faith in honest automotive businesses," Capt. James Reinhard, director of the Special Investigations Division in the Pennsylvania State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation, said in the news release.
BBC News
4 days ago
- BBC News
Boy and men arrested after garage 'chop shop' raid in Rotherham
Three people have been arrested after police uncovered a "chop shop" containing suspected stolen car parts and engines in Yorkshire Police said the engines, seats and other parts were discovered during a raid at a garage on Oldgate Lane in Thrybergh on Thursday.A 45-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy have been arrested on suspicion of handling stolen goods, and a 31-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of theft, police said the "intelligence-led warrant" was secured thanks to information from the local community linking potential stolen vehicles to the garage. A chop shop is a location where stolen cars are dismantled for their parts to be sold on crime specialists will now work to identify and trace the recovered Goodwin, of South Yorkshire Police in Rotherham, said the impact of car theft on people was huge."It is vital that we work with other police forces to track stolen vehicles and dismantle these "chop shops", he said."I hope this sends out a strong message to those trying to profit from stolen vehicles that we will use all the tools and resources available to crack down on this kind of criminality."Mr Goodwin said information shared by local communities was "vital" for unearthing operations like that on Oldgate Lane. Police said all those arrested have been bailed pending further concerned about crime in their area should contact police on 101, or anonymously via to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North
CTV News
05-06-2025
- Automotive
- CTV News
Mechanic arrested for chop shop, vehicle theft near Lloydminster: RCMP
Police say they have made an arrest in relation to a chop shop in Kitscoty, Alta., about 20 kilometres west of Lloydminster. Kitscoty Mounties received a report on May 27 of stolen truck parts being sold on Facebook Marketplace. With assistance from the Lloydminster investigation unit, and Alberta RCMP's eastern crime reduction unit, officers conducted an investigation resulting in the search of a local mechanic shop in the Kitscoty area. RCMP say the suspect was stealing vehicles, cutting them up at the shop and selling the parts. Four vehicles were found to be stolen out of Lloydminster, Edmonton, Fort Saskatchewan and Maidstone, Sask. A 29-year-old Lloydminster resident was arrested and has since been released. Pending charges include four counts of possession of stolen property over $5,000, possession of stolen property under $5,000, possession of property obtained by crime for the purpose of trafficking and trafficking stolen property under $5,000. The individual is scheduled to appear before the Alberta Court of Justice in Lloydminster on Aug. 12.
BBC News
09-05-2025
- BBC News
Three arrested as police probe Sheffield vehicle 'chop shop'
Three men have been arrested after a stolen vehicle was tracked to a suspected "chop shop", where vehicles are stripped of their parts and men, aged 30, 37 and 61, were detained on Wednesday at an industrial estate near the Middlewood area of Sheffield, according to South Yorkshire were found to be moving parts believed to have been stripped from a suspected stolen Land Rover. All three arrested men were later released on bail.A fourth man who was also at the scene managed to evade arrest and was still at large, a force spokesperson said. Det Sgt Thomas Jordan, from South Yorkshire Police, said: "So-called chop shops form part of much wider organised criminality and often involve cars being stolen on order to be stripped of their parts and sold on for cash."We know there is a direct link between this organised criminality and burglaries, and that is why we are appealing for information to help us shut down this harmful trade in Sheffield and across South Yorkshire." Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
