COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The use of a new electronic system is being credited for the recovery of a stolen violin at a pawn shop.
The Columbus Police Property Recovery Unit uses an electronic system called Leads on Line, where scrap metal dealers report their daily transactions.
The company provided a 90-day free trial for pawnshop reporting, and Columbus police requested that several pawnshops voluntarily use the system to file daily reports.
According to police, a violin was stolen from Colonial Music on North High Street. During the investigation, a detective with Worthington police searched the online system and discovered that the stolen violin was sold to Lev's Pawn Shop by 27-year-old Aaron Grywalsky.
Grywalsky was arrested by Reynoldsburg police and he allegedly confessed to selling the violin, but denied stealing it.
The property recovery unit is investigating other suspected stolen instruments that Grywalsky allegedly sold to pawnshops.
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