Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant (TNS)
A Columbian national has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for her role in a series of thefts of more than $4 million of jewelry at malls and establishments in several different states, including in Upstate New York.
Yesenia Melendez Rincon, 41, a citizen of Colombia last residing in Kissimmee, Florida, faced sentencing on Wednesday in federal court in Bridgeport in connection with what officials described as an organized jewelry theft ring, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut…