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March 11, 2008

Thousands of stolen jewelry recovered in street stop

SOMERSET, Mass. -- Police said they recovered thousands of dollars in stolen jewelry after stopping a woman on the street and observing jewelry and a silver clock in her open pockets.

Beth Deyo, 31, of 846 Pleasant St., was arrested after officers checked out a report of a suspicious woman walking in the area of Pleasant and North Streets around 8:30 a.m.

One resident, who gave a description of the woman, said she had tried to break a door to get into a basement.

Police said Deyo originally gave them a fake name after they stopped her and saw the jewelry.

When they found a college ring in her purse, along with other items of jewelry, she told Chief Joseph Ferreira that the ring was her father’s.

When Ferreira asked where her father graduated from, she said she had no idea. The name of Deyo’s father also didn’t match the name on the ring, which led police to a residence that had been broken into.

She was charged with felony breaking and entering, receiving stolen property, larceny over $250, and attempted breaking and entering. Police also found warrants for her arrest on other similar charges, along with possession of a hypodermic needle and possession of a class B substance.

-- Journal staff writer C. Eugene Emery Jr.

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