A person commits theft by receiving when he receives, retains, loans money by pawn or pledge on, or disposes of anything of value of another, knowing or believing that said thing of value has been stolen, and when he intends to deprive the lawful owner permanently of the use or benefit of the thing of value, provided the value of the thing is less than two thousand dollars ($2,000.00). (Ord. 36, Series 2013)