The ordinance boosts fines and penalties for secondhand dealers, pawnbrokers and bogus phone repair shops that buy and sell stolen cell phones. The maximum penalty would rise to $10,000 for each illegal sale, up from $2,000.
US$22,000 flute lost on Chicago train found in pawnshop after frenzied search
Donald Rabin has been reunited with his gold and silver instrument left to him by his grandmother after leaving it on a train seat
A journalist told the 23-year-old that a homeless man had found the flute and used it as collateral for a US$550 loan at a pawnshop
Musician ‘thankful’ after £16,000 flute lost on train turns up in pawn shop February 5 2021, 5.49pm
Donald Rabin plays the flute after Detective George Hilbring retrieved and returned it to him during a news conference at the 14th District Police Station on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. Rabin was riding a Blue Line train from O’Hare International Airport during a layover before his return to the Berklee College of Music in Boston. When he got off, he realized he’d left behind his flute. (Pat Nabong/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
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