Housekeeper Charged With Jewellery Theft
A lady from Exeter is due to appear in court soon in order to face charges of theft after she reportedly stole and attempted to pawn nine items of jewellery belonging to the employer she worked as a housekeeper for.
Police have charged Bonnie Colotti aged 55 of stealing thousands of pounds worth of diamond rings and gold bracelets and necklaces from the dwelling she was working at. She is the alleged to have taken them to a local mall where she pawned them later that day. She is now facing charges of theft and will make an appearance at Portsmouth District Court in a matter of days.
Police were called to the dwelling where they were told that several items of expensive jewellery had gone missing from a jewellery box. Items included a sapphire ring, diamond ring and gold bracelet. It has also been reported that a pair of gold wedding rings were stolen.
The theft victim apparently informed police that there had only been two people in the house- the housekeeper and the family dog walker.
Documents provided by the court show that both individuals were contacted but later Colotti appeared at the house and admitted that she took the jewellery due to "times were tough, and she was broke."
Police then discovered that the gold had been taken to a gold buying shop in the local mall and pawned.
It was proven that Colotti stole the jewellery as she had used her own driving licence as ID when she took the nine pieces from her employers house and sold them to the gold shop. The people in the gold shop then removed the precious stones before handing them back to Colotti. The items listed by the gold buying company are a perfect match to that of those stolen.
Colotti was formally charged on October the eight and is now on bail pending the court case outcome.
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