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Mouse Trap.


The recovery of $150,000 worth of stolen Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966)
Disney, Walter Elias Disney
 Co. gear was a stroke of luck or, as Glendale Glendale.

1 City (1990 pop. 148,134), Maricopa co., S central Ariz., adjacent to Phoenix; inc. 1910. It is located in a rich agricultural region irrigated by the Salt River project. Glendale has become one of the fastest-growing U.S.
 Police Department spokesman Rick Young preferred to put it -- with tongue in cheek --the result of "keen police work."

The Walt Disney Pictures and Television warehouse in Glendale recently suffered two nighttime break-ins. Just hours after the second incident, a Glendale police officer noticed a man at a public telephone who was acting suspicious and decided to question him, Young said.

In the man's car, the officer noticed a large quantity of high-end high-end
adj. Informal
1. Appealing to sophisticated and discerning customers: a high-end department store; high-end video equipment.

2.
 computer equipment.

"Upon further questions, (the officer) found he has a whole motel room full of computer stuff," Young said. Other items, such as posters, were also found, all labeled with the Disney Dis·ney   , Walter Elias Known as "Walt." 1901-1966.

American animator, showman, and film producer. Noted for his creation of the cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, he produced the first animated film with sound,
 ID.

The short investigation led to the arrest of two men.
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Title Annotation:Walt Disney Co. theft in Glendale, CA
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Publication:Los Angeles Business Journal
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Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Jul 9, 2001
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