A cleaning lady working at a Lakewood home was arrested after detectives found the piece of jewelry she pawned at a local pawn shop, police confirm.
On May 3rd, residents of South Lake Drive reported that a necklace was missing after their cleaning lady left for the day.
“An investigation was conducted by Detective Michael Cavallo, and as a result, 24-year-old Supajee Arnau, of Lakewood, was arrested after the necklace was pawned at Fast Cash in Toms River, NJ,” Detective Sergeant Greg Staffordsmith said.
The victim tells TLS “the Detective discovered the expensive jewelry on a website that lists pawn shop items.”
Supajee Arnau was charged with Theft, and Theft by Deception. Bail was set at $20,000 with out a 10% option. She is currently being housed at the Ocean County Jail.
“We would like to thank Detective Michael Cavallo for going beyond the call of duty to retrieve the jewelry,” the family told TLS.
[TLS]
It seems like it would be cheaper to clean the house by themselves instead of having someone to do it for you
Michael Cavallo helped me also when I had a break in he is SO nice and helpful
Thank you officer Cavallo – if these laws were enforced, people would be afraid to steal – some of us cannot manage to clean the house ourselves (and work, and take care of the husband and kids, errands, bills……) Hopefully these arrests will be publicised in the newspapers that the perpetrators read!
Well, the moral of this story is- to never leave anything expensive around the house or where it’s easily exeseble by cleaning lady. Yes, we can’t manage without cleaning help, and its very important , sometime to have one. But we have to remember that , All the valuables should be kept in a secure place. Ofcouse if its there for a cleaning lady to see, you think that she will not take? May be some are more decent then others , but you never know…. I hope readers will be more careful …
Does anyone know how to access this website that maintains a list of items in the pawnshops?
#1. Did it ever occur to you that the victim(s) in question might be Disabled , Elderly or both ?
Obviously it would be cheaper to clean your house yourself. It would also be cheaper to build your own car and be your own lawyer…
@chaim
It’s not a public website.
It’s called BWI (business watch international) or RAPID software. It is only used by pawnshops / we-buy-gold or jewelry shops. The shops upload the items, descriptions, and photos and only law enforcement have access.
If only 25% of stolen and sold items were actually reported by shops then theft would cease !
get a hidden safe installed & farteck.