Vacation selfies of a British woman ‘dripping in diamonds’ lead to her arrest for jewelry theft, police say

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Lucy Roberts, a 39-year-old former jewelry store manager from the United Kingdom, has been sentenced to 28 months in prison for stealing over $170,000 worth of jewelry and cash from her employer. During her year-long tenure at a high-end jewelry shop, Roberts would frequently take items home, claiming to be sorting stock for the workshop. This deception went unnoticed until she left her job and began posting vacation selfies on social media, showcasing herself adorned in the stolen jewelry. Her colleagues, upon seeing these images, realized that the jewelry she was flaunting had been taken from their store, prompting an investigation by the Humberside Police. The police statement revealed that Roberts had been “dripping in diamonds” while on a cruise, seemingly unaware of the implications of her actions as she flaunted the stolen items to her former coworkers.

Upon further investigation, police searched Roberts' home and discovered thousands of pounds worth of jewelry hidden in boxes and cupboards, confirming the allegations against her. Initially, Roberts denied any wrongdoing, claiming she had borrowed some pieces from a coworker and that others had been planted in her luggage. However, she later changed her plea to guilty for theft by an employee. The police arrested her at London’s Heathrow Airport, where she was found wearing a considerable amount of stolen jewelry and attempting to dispose of more as she was taken into custody. The jewelry store expressed relief at finally achieving closure on the matter after several years of uncertainty, emphasizing the serious breach of trust committed by Roberts during her employment.

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A former jewelry store manager in the United Kingdom was sentenced to 28 months in prison after posting selfies wearing stolen merchandise and sending them to her coworkers,Humberside Policesaid in a statement.

Lucy Roberts, 39, frequently took jewelry home with her during the year she worked at a high-end shop, police said, telling suspicious coworkers she “was conducting work at home and sorting stock for the workshop.” The police statement does not name the store.

It was only when Roberts quit and went on vacation that her colleagues realized where the jewelry went, the statement says. She began sending her former coworkers selfies from a cruise, decked out in items taken from the shop.

“Without a care in the world, dripping in diamonds, thinking she had deceived everybody,” Detective Sgt. Krista Wilkinson said in the police news release.

Police found “thousands of pounds worth of jewelry strewn around in boxes beneath the bed and in cupboards,” after searching her home, the statement says.

In total, Roberts stole more than $170,000 in diamonds, gold, silver, “bespoke jewelry” and cash from her employer, according to Wilkinson.

CNN was not able to determine whether Roberts has legal representation.

Police said Roberts initially denied she had stolen any stock from her employer, insisting she had borrowed the some of the jewelry from a coworker and that they planted the other items in her bags, but she later entered a guilty plea for theft by an employee, receiving 28 months in prison.

Roberts was arrested at London’s Heathrow Airport, according to police. They took her into custody after finding her “wearing a substantial amount of stolen jewelry” with more pilfered merchandise in her suitcase, according to the statement.

Body camera footage from the arrest shows Roberts removing more jewelry “as she was escorted through Heathrow Airport … in an attempt to dispose of it,” police added.

The store where Roberts formerly worked said it is “pleased to finally have closure on the matter after several years,” according to the news release.

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Source: CNN