Crime & Safety

Nutley Resident’s ‘Missing’ Rings Found Inside Their Home: Police

A resident's "missing" engagement and wedding rings were really just lost, Nutley police say.

NUTLEY, NJ — A Nutley homeowner reported their engagement and wedding rings missing last week, summoning detectives to their house, only to discover that they just misplaced the items inside their residence, police say.

According to the Nutley Police Department, officers responded to a Bloomfield Avenue home on April 3 after receiving a report about a theft. On arrival, the resident told officers that they had just discovered several items missing from the residence, including an engagement ring, a wedding band and a gold ring, which were all inside a small cardboard jewelry box.

The only person that was in the home recently was someone from a cleaning service, the Nutley resident told officers.

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However, after Nutley detectives conducted an investigation, they discovered that the items had been misplaced within the home, authorities said.

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