Growing Up in the Dead-End Streets; 'Chop Shop' Urchin Steals Your Heart

The Washington Post;  April 11, 2008 ;     584 words ......Ramin Bahrani's feature "Chop Shop" is that the gifted young...scattered streets of Willets Point, Queens, is a society...during a card game at the chop shop, it's Ali's face we see...Rob says, insulted. The chop- shop operator, on the other...

chop shop

The Oxford American College Dictionary;      22 words ...chop shop • n. informal a place where stolen vehicles are dismantled so that the parts can be sold or used to repair other stolen vehicles.

CACHE OF CAR PARTS RECOVERED; TWO MEN ARRESTED IN CHOP SHOP RAID.(NEWS)

Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  September 25, 1997 ;     365 words ......Writer Police say they closed down a chop shop in Arleta on Wednesday and arrested two...of Arleta on suspicion of operating a chop shop. Police found the shop when they saw...found in a one-mile radius around the chop shop - from Canterbury and Woodman avenues...

A Transcendent 'Chop Shop'

The Washington Post;  April 11, 2008 ;     314 words ...The hook on Ramin Bahrani's feature "Chop Shop" is that the gifted young director has made a Third World...Stadium. It's no stage set: On the junk-scattered streets of Willets Point, Queens, is a society that could exist in Bangkok, Rio or...What're you counting it for?" Rob asks, insulted. The ...

Hijack probe leads police to uncover `chop shop' racket

New Straits Times;  January 8, 2004 ;     325 words ......Hijack probe leads police to uncover `chop shop' racket Edition: Main/Lifestyle; 2* Section...million ringgit vehicle theft syndicate's "chop shop" in Klang yesterday. They also recovered...items was estimated at RM1 million. (A "chop shop" is a workshop where stolen cars are...

`Chop shop' No 2 busted, parts worth RM10 million recovered

New Straits Times;  April 12, 2003 ;     405 words ......D'cruz New Straits Times 04-12-2003 `Chop shop' No 2 busted, parts worth RM10 million...LUMPUR, Fri. - Police have busted a "chop shop", the second in three weeks, recovering...rims and exhaust pipes were found. A "chop shop", a phrase commonly used in the United...

STATE REP. LONGIETTI GAINS SUPPORT ON BILL TO CRACK DOWN ON 'CHOP SHOP'...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 20, 2007 ;     267 words ......would strengthen the definition of a "chop shop" to prevent insurance scam artists from...a car owner gives their vehicle to a chop shop and claims it has been stolen to collect...illegally obtained, just freely given to the chop shop. "In many cases, neither the chop ...

LoJack Records Milestone 100th 'Chop Shop' Bust Assist with Southern...

PR Newswire;  February 23, 1999 ;     582 words ......law enforcement officials in busting a chop shop for the 100th time since the LoJack system...worth of property being recovered. A chop shop is defined by TRAP as an organized criminal...police in the 100 Los Angeles County chop shop busts are the Honda Accord, Toyota Camry...

Hair apparent: Chop Shop barber has been a Sugar House tradition for 47...

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  March 26, 2004 ;     700+ words ......37; he figures he's been coming to the Chop Shop for 35 years. "Your dad used to come...Together, they came up with the name, "Chop Shop." Young Sign Company built the neon sign...years, he has been alone. These days, the Chop Shop hours are 8:15 a.m. to noon on Tuesdays...

Lunch Spot: The Chop Shop

The Columbian;  December 12, 2003 ;     334 words ......Regional influences are at work in The Chop Shop. Chicago is represented in Italian beef...entrees are $8.95 and $9.95. * SCENE: The Chop Shop is in a Fourth Plain strip mall. The...not to get a lift when you enter The Chop Shop. So many things on the menu look enticing...

GARAGE OWNER RAN CHOP SHOP, POLICE SAY

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  June 23, 1999 ;     483 words ......County, NJ) 06-23-1999 GARAGE OWNER RAN CHOP SHOP, POLICE SAY By PAULO LIMA, Staff Writer...the garage Monday night, they found a chop shop, with four complete stolen cars and pieces...eriff's Detective Frank Van Wie, who handles chop-shop investigations. The idea behind a ...

INFORMATION ISSUED BY U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 19, 2006 ;     430 words ......Copenhaver, Jr. for mail fraud stemming from a chop shop conspiracy operating in St. Albans, WV. The chop shop was part of a sting operation conducted...subsequently transported the cars to the chop shop. After delivering the vehicles to the...

Auto `chop shop': Police seek three

New Straits Times;  April 8, 2003 ;     251 words ...New Straits Times 04-08-2003 Auto `chop shop': Police seek three Edition: Main/Lifestyle...investigations into the operations of an auto "chop shop" uncovered in Sungai Buloh last month...Sungai Buloh which had been turned into a "chop shop" and arrested five Myanmar men. Police...

Four vehicles recovered in raid on suspected chop shop.(News)

Pretoria News (South Africa);  July 26, 2008 ;     111 words ......police have smashed a suspected city chop shop recovering hundreds of thousands of rands...received a tip-off about a suspected chop shop being operated near the Saulsville train...believed to be linked to the suspected chop shop soon.

Riding in style: Alphonso 'Chopper' Tucker's Chop Shop offers custom...

Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN);  February 25, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Jennifer Bjorhus Feb. 25--The Chop Shop crew is nearly finished with the sky...various states of plastic surgery at the Chop Shop, one of St. Paul's newest businesses...in St. Paul, lent a hand painting the Chop Shop and also loaned him some money, he said...