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The Corporate Founder
In 1997, Maxine Clark founded Build-A-Bear Workshop, a teddy-bear
themed retail-entertainment experience. Today there are more than 400
Build-A-Bear Workshop stores worldwide, including company-owned stores
in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland and
France, and franchise stores in Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa.
Build-A-Bear Workshop
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The Toy Bears Were Stuffed with Drugs
Thousands of bears were shipped around the country with heroin
vials inside.
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Shimon Gold Alias 'The Mover'
Agents say the dealers moved thousands of square-inch dime bags
inside the Build-A-Bears every week from their safe house on Carpenter
Ave. in the Bronx. Agents also seized $150,000 in cash, drug
paraphernalia, weapons and incriminating documents at the homes they
raided.
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Suspected Gang Leaders
Agents say the dealers moved thousands of square-inch dime bags
inside the Build-A-Bears every week from their safe house on Carpenter
Ave. in the Bronx. Agents also seized $150,000 in cash, drug
paraphernalia, weapons and incriminating documents at the homes they
raided.
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DEA Raided Chabad House
The drug kingpins were locals associated with a Chabad house.
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"Crazy Yeffrey Alba" Is Arrested
The ring leader was identified as Yeffery Alba of 735 Pelham
Parkway. Alba and 11 other suspects - ages 26 to 39 - were charged
with criminal possession and conspiracy.
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What If A Christian Child Had Died?
The create-your-own-teddy bears are staples of malls across the
country. At Build-A-Bear Workshops, kids can make fully customized
dolls with their choice of stuffing, stitching, features, clothes and
even sounds.
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