Third suspect arrested in $500000 jewelry heist - Local 10
PINECREST, Fla. - A third suspect has been arrested months after $500,000 worth of jewelry was stolen from a home in Pinecrest, authorities announced Tuesday.
Police said Willie James Kemp, 22, was arrested Aug. 16 at his mother’s home in the 11800 block of Southwest 203rd Street.
According to detectives, Kemp and two other men broke into a home May 27 and stole a safe that contained $500,000 in jewelry. The group burglarized another home on June 9 and stole jewelry valued at $10,000, police said.
The men allegedly sold the jewelry for $1,300 at Xodium Jewelry and Watch at the Southland Mall.
Raderius Glenn Collins, 18, and Marcus Terrell Parker, 27, were arrested in June in connection with the burglaries. Police said the trio bragged on social media about stealing the jewelry.
Police said Oscar Sequeira, 34, who was arrested for buying the stolen jewelry, identified Kemp in a photo lineup.
Kemp faces charges of burglary, grand theft and dealing in stolen property.
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