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Friday, August 5, 2011

Police bust vehicle burglars, recover $100K in stolen stuff

Police arrested two Torresdale men and recovered more than $100,000 in stolen items after a three-month investigation into a vehicle burglary ring operating in the Far Northeast and Bensalem.

Ryan Shantz, 30, of Pearson Avenue near Cottage Street, and Michael Mager, 31, of Jackson Street near Magee, were charged with 61 counts of theft from auto and related offenses, police said. Investigators discovered the pair fenced stuff they stole at the Cash for Gold store located at Torresdale Avenue near Longshore. Police recovered the $100,000 in stolen items there, including power tools, laptop computers, camera, GPS devices, video game systems, musical instruments, air conditioners, snowblowers, and landscaping and carpentry equipment.

Anyone wishing to recover a stolen item that belongs to them can contact Lt. Paul Haag or Sgt. Dan Buckley at the Major Crimes Auto Squad at (215) 685-9130.
Posted by Dana DiFilippo @ 1:34 PM  Permalink | 22 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:43 PM, 08/05/2011
    Dude looks like a couple chromosones are missing.
    — AndyBrown
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:53 PM, 08/05/2011
    usual suspects. looks like a caveman.
    — Tyrone Biggums
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:56 PM, 08/05/2011
    Police ought to bust the 'Cash for Gold' store owner for aiding and abetting.
    — The Curmudgeon
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:56 PM, 08/05/2011
    Dude looks like he is thinking that he is going to get railed by Bubba later tonight. Good news is he is in early enough to get a date for the big Labor Day Dance
    — LGbalsac
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:03 PM, 08/05/2011
    Picture of the perp looks like it came right out of a Geico commercial.
    — aviator
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:17 PM, 08/05/2011
    Crazy Eyes Killer
    — frank_the_tank
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:19 PM, 08/05/2011
    what a loser!
    — The Philly Shadow
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:44 PM, 08/05/2011
    Meth
    — Ed Sullivan
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:11 PM, 08/05/2011
    meth heads
    — main liner
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:37 PM, 08/05/2011
    If not meth, druggies of some sort. Look for them in the "F&G-Mor" i.e OPTIONS i.e, drug rehab section of the Detention Center up on State Road in the near future.
    — Jay from Philly
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:24 PM, 08/05/2011
    fastforward 6 Months: Judge: I find you guilty and you are to be held on house arrest for 6 months. You will be forced to perform 25 hours of community service! You have disrespected you parents, family and the city! Dou you have any comments? Ryan Shantz: I am sorry your honor and I eill be good from here on in!

    Judge: Let this harsh sentencing be a lesson to you. Ryan Shantz: I will judge I am moving to Bensalem where they don't have many cops!
    — SPENDSPEND
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:25 PM, 08/05/2011
    The missing link at last!!!!!!!!!!
    — quigly46
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:39 PM, 08/05/2011
    Hope these losers get some jail time. The Gold Shop owner too.
    — Smokey
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:47 PM, 08/05/2011
    All of you white hatin racist Obamaicons can shove it. Sure this guy deserves to be arrested but to spew your unintelligent accusations doesn't substantiate your attacks. This guy probably grew up without proper parenting, had inferior schooling, was subjected to drugs and developed a total disregard for humanity. Now leave him alone.
    — RufusG


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About The PhillyConfidential team

Dana DiFilippo has covered murder, mayhem and miscellany at the Daily News since 2000. She grew up in Delaware County and studied journalism and photography at Penn State University. E-mail tips to difilid@phillynews.com.

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Stephanie Farr has been reporting for the Daily News since 2007, covering everything from gay porn stars who entered the burglary business to moon trees, skinheads, murders and naked bike rides. She covers crime, both in the city and suburbs, and keeps clippings of bizarre Associated Press articles. Her favorite this year was the story about the drunk in Punxsutawney who gave mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a dead opossum. E-mail tips to farrs@phillynews.com.

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Phillip Lucas joined the Daily News crime team in 2011. He grew up on the mean streets of Seattle and studied journalism and psychology at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Before landing in the City of Brotherly Love, Phillip was a reporter for The News Journal in Wilmington, Del. Email tips to lucasp@phillynews.com.

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Morgan Zalot is the newest crime reporter at the Daily News, starting in 2011 after interning at the paper twice as a Temple University journalism student. In her past stints at the DN, she covered just about everything, from drunken Phillies fans to a barber shop in a high school to a grisly murder-suicide. She’s a born-and-raised Philly girl who grew up in the Northeast. E-mail tips to zalotm@philly.com.

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