The police say the apartment housed a fencing operation that was a superstore for stolen goods.
And the police were still looking for the man at the center of the fencing operation, known to residents as Cholo.
She was in the bathroom with two other women who the police say were customers of the fencing operation.
It had been "donated" to the club by a friend who ran a fencing operation, buying stolen goods and reselling them at a discount.
I remembered what Peter had said about Arnie's patronage of a known fencing operation.
He was also involved in some small fencing operations which included the purchasing of "hot" money cheaply to store and re-use later.
The way many burglars do business is through a network that begins with selling stolen goods to fencing operations, including pawnshops.
It seemed vaguely like an elaborate fencing operation, right there outside Elaine's.
He could spot a fencing operation simply by watching the pawnshops.
Their first venture had been a fencing operation that had been wildly successful.