Detective Rich Honored For Cracking $100,000 Worth Of Stolen Jewelry
Cases spanned the Creve Coeur and Ladue areas.
What do you do when a victim reports thousands of dollars in missing jewelry after holding a party but won't tell you who came to the event. If you're Creve Coeur Police Detective Tom Rich, the answer is this: find the jewelry. According to a certificate of recognition Detective Rich received in a city ceremony late last month, that was his task, after a woman on Chatfield Place reported $18,000 worth of stolen jewelery. According to Chief Glenn Eidman, "the victim stated she hosted a large party at her residence the week before, but she did not want any of her high profile guests questioned and did not provide their names. The only information she gave was the name of the gardening company which had done landscaping on the day of the …
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Gregg Palermo
10:38 pm on Friday, July 6, 2012
BPD: I'd be interested in learning more about your end of the story. Scott: You know that there are plenty of circumstances where the victim in a crime is not identified by news organizations. Have a pleasant weekend! more ›