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Aspen, CO: Alleged watch thief, accused of taking $266,000 in Rolexes -
turns self in to police
A 30-year-old man is facing multiple felonies for allegedly stealing eight Rolex
watches from an Aspen jeweler and bilking a local couple out of $60,000 in a
fraudulent investment scheme. Jared J. Mastroianni, is alleged to have written a
fraudulent check on Jan. 14 to a local jeweler for $266,440 for the Rolex
watches. Mastroianni in the previous five months had purchased five Rolex
watches from the company and successfully completed the transactions. The
jewelry store owner "told me he developed a level of trust with Mastroianni
because of these two significant sales," wrote Aspen police detective Rick
Magnuson in an arrest affidavit.
aspendailynews.com
Opa-locka, FL: Man arrested after stealing $116,000 worth of merchandise; 2nd
time the merchandise was stolen since Sunday
A man was arrested Tuesday after police say he stole a tractor, trailer and
several pallets of clothing. Jeronimo Becerra Alvarez, 42, now faces charges of
cargo theft, grand theft, fleeing and eluding and resisting without violence.
According to police, it all began Sunday when the trailer and pallets of
clothing going to Greenfield, Indiana, were stolen from 7151 NW 27th Ave. The
$116,000 worth of equipment and merchandise, however, was recovered Monday and
returned to the leasing company, police said. But detectives say that about 7:30
a.m. Tuesday the trailer and merchandise were stolen for a second time. With the
help of a GPS tracker, officers arrived at Northwest 116th Street and Northwest
34th Avenue in Opa-locka, where they found Alvarez attaching the trailer to a
stolen tractor, police said. Alvarez was arrested.
miamiherald.com
Lacey, WA: Tips sought in $25,000 Cabela's theft
Lacey Police are asking the public for help locating a man who is suspected of
using another person's identification to buy $25,000 worth of equipment and
merchandise from the Lacey Cabela's. David Legge, 51, is suspected of buying a
tractor, trailer and other merchandise over several trips to the store,
according to the Lacey Police Department.
thenewstribune.com
Wilkes- Barre, PA: NY woman indicted in $18,000
Credit Card Fraud; hit Best Buy and Lowes
According to United States Attorney Peter Smith, Zeni Ortiz-Reyes, 31, of
Middletown, New York, was charged in an indictment with making purchases with an
unauthorized access device card. Ortiz-Reyes allegedly made purchases at the
Best Buy store and in Mechanicsburg and at a Lowes store in West Hazelton in
June 2014. Ortiz-Reyes purchased gift cards and merchandise using credit cards
she applied for in someone else's name without that person's knowledge or
permission. The gift cards and merchandise amount to approximately $18,000.
shipnc.com
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Co., GA: Shoplifters take $9,000 in coats from Burberry Outlet store
A pair of brazen thieves lifted nearly 20 designer jackets valued at more than
$9,000 from a shop at North Georgia Premium Outlets Friday evening. Workers at
Burberry said the couple was in the outlet store an hour earlier and asked to
place some shoes and a belt on hold. When they returned just after 6 p.m.,
Dawson County Sheriff's Capt. Tony Wooten said they swiped the jackets, ranging
in price from $405-595 each, off the racks and fled the store. Burberry was hit
once more over the summer when three suspects used a sledgehammer Aug. 15 to
burst through the front glass before getting away with more than $20,000 in
designer handbags, clothing and accessories. Less than two weeks earlier, a
woman entered the Zales Outlet just after opening, brandished a firearm , forced
employees to a back room where she zip-tied their and escaped with $13,000 in
jewels.
dawsonnews.com
Bolingbrook, IL: 4 charged with stealing 100 items from 6 different stores
Four Chicago women face retail theft charges after Bolingbrook police recovered
more than 100 items stolen from the Promenade shopping mall. The stolen
merchandise was found following a call about a theft at the Victoria's Secret
store. The recovered items - stolen from six different stores - were valued at
about $2,500, according to police. After the call about the theft at Victoria's
Secret, officers went to the mall and approached two of the women, who did not
have any of the merchandise. Officers watched them get into a car and drive away
and later pulled over the vehicle. That's when they discovered the stolen items,
police said. According to a release from the Bolingbrook Police Department, the
women pointed out what they wanted and had the 17-year-old steal the items.
chicagotribune.com
Tampa, FL: Florida Retail Federation honors Sarasota Police Detective
Florida Retail Federation has recognized detective Jason Friday as 2015 Law
Enforcement Officer of the Year. Friday was honored at the FRF awards dinner
Monday night in Tampa. Friday won for his expertise in preventing economic
crimes, organized retail theft and the fraudulent use of cloned credit cards.
One case of note is being federally prosecuted against a large Organized Retail
Crime ring. The suspects have been connected to crimes in six Florida counties
and two other states, with an estimated financial impact to the retail community
in excess of $700,000.
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