Handyman stole $16,000 in jewelry from woman recovering from surgery, FL cops say

A stash of jewelry worth $16,000 mysteriously vanished as its owner was recuperating from surgery, according to investigators in Florida.

The theft happened in early May at a home in Lake Wales, but an arrest didn’t come until July 20, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.

That’s because the suspect, like the jewelry, had mysteriously vanished, officials said…

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