Housekeeper pleads guilty to stealing $500,000 in jewelry
November 9, 2018
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A former housekeeper has admitted stealing more than $500,000 in jewelry while working for a woman in Stillwell.
The Kansas City Star reports 43-year-old Sabina Garcia-Rivera, of Olathe, pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of felony theft and three counts of making a false writing.
She was charged in January with stealing the jewelry over two years before the thefts were discovered in 2017.
The false writing charges involve false statements Garcia-Rivera made while pawning some pieces of the jewelry.
Prosecutors say she pawned several pieces for far less than they were wor...
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