Mike Schomer works at his desk inside Schomer's trading post in Aurora on Monday, January 7, 2013. During checks of scrap yards and pawn shops earlier this year, Aurora police found seven businesses, including Schomer's that had multiple violations of a city ordinance designed to discourage selling stolen goods at second-hand shops. The business were fined $1000 rather than being shut down which the city has the power to do under the ordinance. | Brian Powers~Sun-Times Media

Bob Watters, center, talks with friends at Schomer's trading post in Aurora on Monday, January 7, 2013. During checks of scrap yards and pawn shops earlier this year, Aurora police found seven businesses, including Schomer's that had multiple violations of a city ordinance designed to discourage selling stolen goods at second-hand shops. The business were fined $1000 rather than being shut down which the city has the power to do under the ordinance. | Brian Powers~Sun-Times Media

Melissa Ramirez, 29 from Aurora, left, and Hilda Calderon, 53 from Aurora, right, do some shopping at Schomer's trading post in Aurora on Monday, January 7, 2013. During checks of scrap yards and pawn shops earlier this year, Aurora police found seven businesses, including Schomer's that had multiple violations of a city ordinance designed to discourage selling stolen goods at second-hand shops. The business were fined $1000 rather than being shut down which the city has the power to do under the ordinance. | Brian Powers~Sun-Times Media

Schomer's trading post in Aurora on Monday, January 7, 2013. During checks of scrap yards and pawn shops earlier this year, Aurora police found seven businesses, including Schomer's that had multiple violations of a city ordinance designed to discourage selling stolen goods at second-hand shops. The business were fined $1000 rather than being shut down which the city has the power to do under the ordinance. | Brian Powers~Sun-Times Media