MARTIN COUNTY — A man hired to perform work inside a Martin County home is accused of stealing more than $25,000 worth of jewelry, according to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office.
According to MCSO, the suspect, 39-year-old Noe Israel Castro-Vail, was employed by a Tampa-based construction contracting company and stole approximately $26,000 worth of jewelry from inside the home he was working on.
Deputies were called to a Martin County home on Oct. 15 after a resident reported that several pieces of jewelry had gone missing earlier in the day. When they arrived, they met with a woman who explained that a crew had been working inside her house on a construction project and she suspected one or more of the workers had taken her valuables, according to an arrest affidavit.
The woman said she noticed the jewelry missing from a bag where she usually kept it. Among the stolen items were a watch, three rings, and three earrings — together worth about $26,300. She told deputies she had last seen the pieces around 7 a.m. before leaving the house for the day. The workers, she said, arrived about an hour later and stayed until late afternoon.
Castro-Vail was arrested shortly after the victim reported the crime to deputies.
After learning of the allegations, the company supervisor confronted the workers, and Castro-Vail was identified as the suspect after they were asked to empty their pockets and search their vehicles.
He was charged with grand theft and was transported to the Martin County jail.
His bond was set at $50,000.