Jessica Poppaw also was indicted today by a grand jury on engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity and receiving stolen property charges, according to the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office.
None of the trio are in jail, but there are warrants out for their arrests, according to the prosecutor’s office.
Arraignment is scheduled for next month.
FIRST REPORT (July 30, 2014)
MORAINE — A raid at Moraine City Pawn and a search of the owner’s home in Kettering have culminated in the arrest of the owner and the recovery of items believed to have been stolen from area retail outlets.
The raid on the shop and search of owner Jeff Rich’s home on Belvoir Avenue occurred Wednesday evening. Moraine police said they believe the theft-sell-buy operation involves hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Rich was taken into custody, Detective Andy Parish told News Center 7’s Kate Bartley, and the a nuisance abatement order on the business is awating a judge’s decision.
“We believe we’ve uncovered a scheme of known individuals, groups of individuals, specifically those into drugs, specifically heroin, who bring items to this property to receive a sum of money in order to support their habits,” Parish said.
That property includes electronic items, sporting goods and other “high-dollar items,” Parish said.
Parish said the police action is part of an 18-month-long investigation involving the receipt of stolen property at the pawn shop. Property has been traced to a large number of individuals from Franklin, Middletown and other areas south, he said.
“All of this relates back to drugs, my opinion,” the detective said. People from outside the county are coming into the community where they are stealing property, he said.