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Police arrested the store owner — year-old Mark Steven Brady — and prosecutors have charged him with first-degree trafficking in stolen property, a felony. Police accuse Brady of running a network of shoplifters by telling them the kinds of items he would buy and sending them off, knowing they would steal them.

Brady was released from jail earlier this week and, while running his store Thursday night, he told The Washington Post that he has never knowingly bought stolen goods. He said he plans to retain a lawyer and that some fellow Pike Place Market business owners have pledged to raise money on GoFundMe so he can do so.

The case against Brady started in July when security employees of an Amazon 4-star , a brick-and-mortar department store owned by the online retail giant, contacted police about a slew of thefts that had been plaguing them, the investigative report said.

In early September, police caught a break in the case. A detective went to Rummage Around about two weeks later. When the detective went inside, he spotted Brady, approached him and then opened the reusable bag to reveal what he was offering.

Brady did, but not there, police allege in the report. T-shirts Shop Women's Shop Men's. Hats Shop Men's Shop Women's. Home Goods Shop Now. Patches Shop Now. Pins Shop Now. Stickers Shop Now. Gift Cards Shop Now. Face Masks Shop now. Follow us on Instagram. The Goods. Another employee determined the items still had the same store tracking tags on them, police said. Police said undercover detectives were able to determine the owner knowingly sold the stolen goods. A warrant was served at the store Friday and the owner was booked into the King County Jail on investigation of trafficking stolen property, according to police.

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