OAKLAND — On a recent Friday, a task force of local police officers converged on the 5200 block of International Boulevard, searching through piles of car parts, vehicles, and trailer, seizing guns, blank money orders, and two allegedly stolen motorcycles, according to court records.

From the raid, prosecutors charged 55-year-old Doran Lee Williams with being a felon in possession of a firearm, possessing stolen vehicles, and having 100 blank stolen money orders, all part of a six-count felony complaint, court records show. In court filings, Oakland police said that it appeared to them Williams was using his unregistered auto repair business as a front for a stolen vehicle chop shop. He was released from jail four days after the raid and remains free while the case is pending, court recor

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