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CHARLES COUNTY, Md. – April 4, 2024 – Police arrested a Maryland man for allegedly stealing from a jewelry store in Waldorf, Maryland, last week, according to a Charles County Sheriff’s Office press release.

On March 29, at around 11:46 a.m., police said they responded to a report of a theft incident in Waldorf, Maryland. That day, a man, later identified as 54-year-old Daniel Jerome Ball of Waldorf, went into a jewelry store and asked to see some jewelry, police said. He, then, suddenly took a ring, ran from the store and drove off.

Later, police said they were able to find his vehicle on Leonardtown Road near Forest Knolls Place. When police stopped the car, they said Ball ran into a nearby house, where he was later caught.

Police said they recovered the ring and arrested Ball.

According to the press release, detectives continued the investigation and found that Ball was previously connected to other theft incidents at five other businesses.

Ball was later charged with multiple counts of theft and a number of other offenses, police said.

On April 1, a judge decided to hold Ball at the Charles County Detention Center without bond.

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La Mesa, California – April 6, 2024 – A 31-year-old man who allegedly pulled a hammer out of his waistband Friday at a La Mesa jewelry store, used it to shatter a glass display case and steal thousands of dollars worth of watches was arrested a short time later while trying to make his getaway.

Talon Fulcher of San Diego allegedly committed the smash-and-grab theft at the Grossmont Center mall business shortly before 11 a.m., then ran out of the shop and fled in a gold-colored sedan with no license plates, according to the La Mesa Police Department.

A few minutes later, an officer spotted the car nearby, in the 8400 block of Center Drive, LMPD Lt. Matt Conlon said. The patrolman and other officers pulled the suspect over a short distance away, took him into custody without incident and recovered the stolen goods, which were valued at about $7,000, the lieutenant said.

Fulcher was booked into San Diego Central Jail on suspicion of burglary, robbery and grand theft. He was being held on $100,000 bail pending arraignment, scheduled for Tuesday afternoon.

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April 7, 2024 – In the U.S. Island Territory of Guam, a man who allegedly walked out of a jewelry store with $24,000 worth of jewelry on Saturday was captured and charged in court the same day. Officers with the Guam Police Department responded to a jewelry store in East Hag�t�a just before noon for a reported theft. The store�s employees told police that a man, later identified as David Quichocho Uncangco Jr., had entered the store searching for a birthday gift for his son. But, when showed some merchandise, he reportedly took off with the items.

“The defendant had requested to view two gold baht chains and one diamond pendant. The total value (was) $24,290,” a magistrate’s complaint filed in the Superior Court of Guam said.

Uncangco took the items and, in the process of running out of the store, the complaint said, he dropped his cellphone. He fled the store in a silver sedan GPD would later use to track him.

“Police learned that the defendant had rented the silver sedan � (and were) able to track the location of the vehicle. Police proceeded to said location,” the complaint said.

The vehicle�s license plate had been changed. When officers pulled the vehicle over, Uncangco was in the driver�s seat.

“A search of the vehicle yielded five plastic baggies containing suspected methamphetamine, one beveled cut straw containing suspected methamphetamine and two transparent pipes containing brown and white frosty substance suspected to be methamphetamine,” the complaint said, noting that at least one of the baggies contained 0.33 grams of the drug known as ice.

The jewelry store was not the only business to report a heist. On March 22, Uncangco allegedly stole a 24-karat gold coin from a pawn shop in Dededo.

“The defendant took the gold coin valued at $3,340 and walked out the door without paying for it,” the complaint said. Uncangco was charged with two counts of retail theft as second-degree felonies and possession of a Schedule II controlled substance as a third-degree felony.

Article by Jolene Toves- The Guam Daily Post.

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St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands – April 7, 2024 – A man has been arrested in connection with a robbery and attempted murder at a local jewelry store, according to the Virgin Islands Police Department. The incident, which took place on Thursday, May 18, 2023, around 2:00 p.m., occurred at a jewelry store in Cruz Bay, where the store owner was shot in the face.

According to the VIPD, two unidentified males entered the establishment, and during the robbery, one of the suspects shot the owner. The assailants then fled the scene with an unspecified amount of jewelry. The injured business owner was subsequently transported to the Schneider Regional Medical Center for medical attention.

The investigation into the violent crime led to the identification of 21-year-old Jamari Gumbs as one of the suspects involved. A warrant for Gumbs�s arrest was issued on Friday, April 5, 2024, and was executed the following day.

Gumbs faces a slew of charges, including first, second and third-degree robbery, first-degree attempted murder, possession of an unlicensed firearm during a crime of violence, aiding and abetting, possession of an unlicensed firearm within 1,000 Ft. of a park, public school, and conspiracy.

Gumbs was unable to post the set bail of $250,000 and was remanded to the Bureau of Corrections pending an advise of rights hearing.

The redacted article above (to remove the name of the jewelry store that was targeted) was written by the staff of the U.S. Virgin Islands Consortium. The original, unredacted article can be viewed here.