{"id":277857,"date":"2026-05-20T09:34:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T09:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/277857\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T09:34:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T09:34:34","slug":"florida-woman-finds-her-own-stolen-jewels-in-a-pawn-shop-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/277857\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida woman finds her own stolen jewels in a pawn shop, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"

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CAPE CORAL, Fla. (WFLA) \u2014 A woman in Cape Coral has been reunited with her missing jewelry after stumbling upon it in a local pawn shop, the Cape Coral Police Department said.<\/p>\n

Officers responded to the victim\u2019s home on March 30, when she reported that several pieces of her jewelry, including vintage gold diamond rings, were missing.<\/p>\n

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A short while later, the woman found some of the stolen jewels at a nearby pawn shop and repurchased them.<\/p>\n

During the investigation, detectives were able to connect several transactions at the pawn shop with a man employed by the victim as a house cleaner, CCPD said.<\/p>\n

According to court documents, Donald Claybaugh, 59, admitted to stealing the victim\u2019s jewelry during a phone call with her.<\/p>\n

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Claybaugh made several trips to the pawn shop between August 2025 and March 2026, a booking report states, pawning 16 pieces of jewelry valued at roughly $2,860.<\/p>\n

In an interview with police, Claybaugh admitted to entering the woman\u2019s bedroom and stealing from her jewelry box multiple times while being paid to clean her residence.<\/p>\n

He has been charged with grand theft and six counts of dealing in stolen property for each transaction made at the pawn shop.<\/p>\n

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