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:nono: SEX OFFENDER GETS 40 MONTHS FOR RUNNING A CHOP SHOP-- TALLAHASSEE, Attorney General Charlie Crist announced Craig Shaw of Lehigh Acres has been sentenced to nearly three and a half years in prison for operating an illegal motorcycle chop shop. Deputies with the Lee County Sheriff's Office discovered the operation while conducting a routine check of the man's status as a registered sex offender. During the routine check, deputies found two white vans on Shaw's property. After getting Shaw's permission to search the vans, deputies found several complete motorcycle engines inside the vans.
Deputies also found eight motorcycles with stolen VINs, numerous motorcycle parts and tools used to put new VINs on vehicles.
Shaw was arrested and charged with various counts of grand theft.
"While sex offender registration laws are primarily intended to protect children and other innocent Floridians," said Crist, "it is comforting to know that these laws can also help catch thieves and other lawbreakers."
Shaw pled guilty in August to one count of grand theft, seven counts of grand theft of a motor vehicle and one count of operating a chop shop. Shaw was sentenced by Judge Thomas Reese to 40 months in prison and ordered to pay over $17,800 in court costs, fines, and restitution.
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:nono: SEX OFFENDER GETS 40 MONTHS FOR RUNNING A CHOP SHOP-- TALLAHASSEE, Attorney General Charlie Crist announced Craig Shaw of Lehigh Acres has been sentenced to nearly three and a half years in prison for operating an illegal motorcycle chop shop. Deputies with the Lee County Sheriff's Office discovered the operation while conducting a routine check of the man's status as a registered sex offender. During the routine check, deputies found two white vans on Shaw's property. After getting Shaw's permission to search the vans, deputies found several complete motorcycle engines inside the vans.
Deputies also found eight motorcycles with stolen VINs, numerous motorcycle parts and tools used to put new VINs on vehicles.
Shaw was arrested and charged with various counts of grand theft.
"While sex offender registration laws are primarily intended to protect children and other innocent Floridians," said Crist, "it is comforting to know that these laws can also help catch thieves and other lawbreakers."
Shaw pled guilty in August to one count of grand theft, seven counts of grand theft of a motor vehicle and one count of operating a chop shop. Shaw was sentenced by Judge Thomas Reese to 40 months in prison and ordered to pay over $17,800 in court costs, fines, and restitution.
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