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Its an insane cycle of violence that we are now in the middle of, and its grimly predictable, tragically predictable. and this time our own family was, you know, and ironically after writing -- ive been in the newspaper business for over 40 years. rob was in it a long time. weve written about this sort of thing very, very often, and now, it touches desperately close to home. >> you talked, too, about not just about the rhetoric but how journalists and journalism are both being attacked. is that ...

And they want them to go back out and spread the word and bring in more cars because with each visit there is a better, broader, criminal investigation. >> yeah? were cool. >> all right, dude. i appreciate it. >> so they let many of these people walk to continue these crimes, because at the end of the investigation theyll have a bigger pool of criminals that they will ultimately take off the street. >> your girls doing good? >> yeah, shes good. >> excellent. >> brad ends up in jail, not for his ...

>> hey, brother, whats going on? >> the guys behind the counters arent crooks. theyre undercover detectives. it happens at this little store tucked away in the shadow of the vegas strip. to look like a shop that sells and installs car audio systems. >> .357 shell there. >> where we first saw suspects selling guns and cars. >> .357. >> an alleges counterfeiter making bogus bills. >> whats up? >> wheres the boys, man? >> business is still booming. this guys here to sell grenade, looking for top do...

To track their personal best. with microsoft cloud, we save millions of man hours, and thats time that we can invest in our athletes and changing the world. word continues to spread throughout the criminal community that this fencing operation is a good place to unload your stolen goods. a couple months into the sting operation, j.r. is introduced to the undercover officers by todd who tells them, hey, you got stuff to sell? this is a good place do it. >> he dont look like a cop. youre stupid....

Just straight-up luck, what i do, bro. i get pretty lucky. >> just to put it into perspective, you know, the value of the items brought into the fencing operation was something like a million dollars. well, j.r., on his own brought in, like, a quarter of that. >> see, here is the thing. im not trying to discredit the fact -- >> first of all, he gets a big gulp because this is the most expensive car anybody has ever brought us. >> is that right? >> dude, you set the bar, man. >> so j.r. comes in ...

A storefront operation, fencing operation and get word out on the streets this is the place to bring stolen goods, cars, guns to counterfeit money, have the criminals bring in more criminals and essentially identify this huge pool of bad people and catch them in a sting operation and off the street. >> a nightmare. >> todd is a pretty significant player in this operation. pretty much hes one of those narratives throughout the investigation. hes there for a long time and brings in a lot of vehicl...

Criminals. >> hey, brother, whats going on? >> the guys behind the counters arent crooks. theyre undercover detectives. it happens at this little store tucked away in the shadow of the vegas strip. to look like a shop that sells and installs car audio systems. >> .357 shell there. >> where we first saw suspects selling guns and cars. >> .357. >> an alleges counterfeiter making bogus bills. >> whats up? >> wheres the boys, man? >> business is still booming. this guys here to sell grenade, looking...

>> thats what i thought -- i took it off their hands. so its whatever. >> so the person you got it from the person who observed it. >> yeah, they owned it, they turned it in for insurance or whatever. >> the first time cheryl miller, chevy, are came into the storefront operation, she actually had a mustang that was given to her by a friend who had reported it stolen, apparently to try to get the insurance payoff on it. >> they just want it to disappear. >> exactly. >> yeah. so they dont care -- ...

Name is norm mansour and owns a small vegas smoke shop. hes arrested for receiving stolen property and is released on bail. thats when i pay him a visit. >> mr. mansour? >> chris hansen with "dateline" nbc, were doing a story about the investigation being done by the police about receiving stolen cigarettes. i wanted your side of the story. >> no comments. no comments. >> when police arrested raja jones. >> he was found guilty on possession of stolen property. >> chris hansen with "dateline" nbc...

Brad. and shes got cars to sell. and shes got friends who have cars to sell. >> do you want what they want for it? this is a friend of yours? >> thats what i thought -- i took it off their hands. so its whatever. >> so the person you got it from the person who observed it. >> yeah, they owned it, they turned it in for insurance or whatever. >> the first time cheryl miller, chevy, are came into the storefront operation, she actually had a mustang that was given to her by a friend who had reported...