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Jacob ‘The Bear’ Heller, stands at the northeast plaza. beside a blanket of mismatched goods, a baseball hat shadowing his eyes. It’s 5 p.m. – the hour when the northeast plaza tends to fill with vendors after police and other city workers have left for the day. A passerby bends down and inspects an object on the blanket — an Apple MacBook charger

“I’ll take five for it,” the man with the baseball hat and tattoos says, “It’s real Apple and works.”

The passerby squints, takes a closer look, and moves on to the next vendor.

‘The Bear’ says he got his name in

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