Suspect tries to pawn Aberdeen police handcuffs

Published 1:23 pm Thursday, May 31, 2012

ABERDEEN — After a trespassing suspect was processed and released from the city jail in Aberdeen police noticed something was missing — their handcuffs.

They had been removed and left on a table Tuesday when the man was released.

Sgt. Art Laur said video showed the man took them. He went straight to a pawn shop. The operator recognized police markings and held them for police.

The man was caught in a nearby parking lot and taken back to jail in a different pair of handcuffs.

Laur said the original pair are out of service now. They’re being held as evidence on a felony charge of trafficking in stolen property.

Laur said the 43-year-old transient has a record of trespassing and theft arrests related to shoplifting.