Nanny Charged for Jewelry Theft From Monroe Home

Editor’s Note: We first ran this story May 26 but ICYMI an alleged jewelry thief was caught. 

A Shelton woman was arrested on Saturday after police say she stole and pawned close to $14,000 in jewelry from a Monroe home.

According to police, a jewelry theft was reported from a home on Deerfield Lane on Feb. 18.

There were no signs that a burglary occurred at the residence and the complainant reported that only two people had access to the home that included a nanny and a cleaning person, police said.

An investigation by the Monroe Police Department Detective Bureau revealed that the complainant’s nanny, Gabriella Pereira, 21 had allegedly pawned numerous pieces of jewelry at a pawn shop in Bridgeport over a five-month period.

Pereira was charged with second-degree larceny.

She was given a $1,000 bond and a court date of June 1.

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