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Several Pieces Of Jewelry Stolen From Home In Greenwich: Police

A man who works for a junk removal service is accused of stealing several pieces of jewelry from a Greenwich home, according to police.

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A man who works for a junk removal service is accused of stealing several pieces of jewelry from a Greenwich home on March 19, 2020, according to police.
A man who works for a junk removal service is accused of stealing several pieces of jewelry from a Greenwich home on March 19, 2020, according to police. (RJ Scofield/Patch Staff)

GREENWICH, CT — A Stratford man accused of stealing jewelry from a home in the Old Greenwich area of town was arrested last week, according to police. On Thursday, police received a report that pieces of jewelry were missing from a home on Lincoln Avenue.

After further investigation, officers determined Christopher Plavnicky, 31, a worker employed by a junk removal service, had stolen "several pieces of jewelry" from the home, police said. (To sign up for Greenwich breaking news alerts and more, click here.)

Plavnicky was charged with third-degree larceny.

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