Mansfield, Ohio Coin/Pawn Shop Raided

Real estate prices in Ohio are some of the lowest in the nation. It is not rare to get a nice older house for under $100k. The reason for this is that Ohio, northern Ohio especially, is right in the middle of the rust belt and has seen its manufacturing industries decimated. With the population on the decline and the employment base heavily eroded there are many more homes for sale than there are buyers.

Here we are, a month later, and NOTHING has come out. The business is still open, albeit with far less cars around when I drive by, the house is up for sale, indictments have been placed, and.... nothing. No dates for hearings have been made public, nothing.

I'm beginning to fear that this might go nowhere. I have heard rumblings that they are back on ebay, but I have yet to be able to track them down using conventional methods.

Any updates?

I always wondered about this thread.. thanks for the updates and keep 'em coming... it's a story I have enjoyed following

I will be trying to find updates about the happenings in the trial. If I find anything (that I'm allowed to share), I will post it.

Thanks for the link, thatguyoverthere.

My first comment is that HTML5 has enabled annoying ads to get more annoying.

Oh wait, this is about numismatic crime, not pet peeves. Anyway...




Yow.



and Zillow estimates it at $123k. This should be interesting.

Sad situation.

http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com...se/23902153/

Well, that was disappointing. He's going to get probation, the business will get fined. His life will be ruined, but the business will still operate. I'm not sure who will run it, or who will staff it, since according to those still affiliated with the family, his son and he are "estranged". Which is surprising, because it was always understood that his son, and one of the employees who is no longer there (not me, I left too long ago for that) would be "taking over" and running it as Larry stepped down. For his son to have the opinion that he does now (I've seen Screen shots of a social media post hoping his father would get 10+ years / die in prison), is a little surprising.

AS far as the plea deal? He took the deal to keep Donna out of trouble. I think the prosecutors could have pushed for more, and he still would have taken the deal to keep Donna out of the courts, and out of trouble.

Now, how that little turd Berry made it out of this unscathed, I will never know. From what I have heard in speaking with multiple people I knew who were employed there at the time of the raid, Berry was a "mini-me" to Larry. He was his toady, a contemptuous little irritant, who very likely knew exactly what was going on, and the color and smell of Mr. Bence's Colon.

The hilarious part of all the motions, is that he wants to know who the mole was. He had rid the business of almost every single person who has been there long enough to be a mole about anything "important" since then. Knowing Larry the way I do, it's GNAWING at him that someone ratted him out. It's that itch he can't scratch, it keeps him up at nights.

And, I'm pretty confident I know who the mole is. As in, if I were a betting man, with resources, I would wager a very large sum of money on the name.

No, it doesn't explain more. I'll be watching the court docket to see what they make public that way, but It's hard to say. I've seen cases where nothing is made public, and I've seen cases where everything has been made public shake down in Ohio.

Oh well. I'll keep watching ebay for my handiwork to show back up in auction format.