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Man Charged With Five Felonies For Selling Stolen Jewelry
July 16, 2012
A Cantonment man was charged with allegedly stealing over $4,000 worth of jewelry from a local home.
Matthew Michael Barker, 25, was charged with felony grand theft, two felony counts of giving a false statement and two felony counts of dealing in stolen property. He remained in the Escambia County Jail Monday morning with bond set at $45,000.
The victim reported that she had discovered a golf tennis bracelet with diamonds worth $3,500, a men’s gold bracelet worth $400 and a pendant worth about $200 were missing from her jewelry box.
She told deputies that her son said that Barker, his friend, had recently spent time at the residence and was known to regularly sell gold and silver items to gold dealers in Pensacola.
Deputies reported that they discovered Barker had sold the jewelry at American Gold Parties on West Nine Mile Road.
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6 Responses to “Man Charged With Five Felonies For Selling Stolen Jewelry”
Go get a job… i’m sickof paying my hard earned tax dollars to people who won’t work and only wants to steal from others… THIS IS WHO MY TAX DOLLARS SUPPORT.
Yep, I made a very nice gold item for my wife to commemorate a goal that she had reached. A few days after one of my son’s friends brother had visited, the piece was gone. It makes a great case for a safe.
Then a year ago, my son had left his folding knife out in the open while one of my kids had some friends over for a “spend the night”… 3 days later, the knife was missing and we scoured the house. I accused the “guests” (to my kid that had the guests) and the knife mysteriously appeared in a place nowhere near where it was placed with a wallet and keys.
Jimbo for leaving valuables in a safe.. Toche David
You can’t trust anybody in your home nowadays. Even if it is your sons friend. He must have not been too good of a friend, stealing his ”friends” moms jewelry. Just sayin’.
our justice system is very broken. just look around and you see the odd bond amounts set for shocking crimes. the system is broken and needs to be fixed.
Not that I dont believe in high bail, but does anyone else find it disturbing that this thief has a bail of $45k and the guy that fought the deputy had a $5k bond?
Parents beware…if you ever are missing ANYTHING from your house…u did not miss place it. It was probably stolen. Report everything! Whether u get it back or not, have it on file at the police dept.