NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
May 20, 2009
Contact: Michele Nicholson
Public Information Officer
(850) 651-7420
VALPARAISO WOMAN CHARGED IN JEWELRY HEISTS
Jennifer Michelle Denney
A joint investigation
by the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office and Niceville Police Department has led
to the arrest of a Valparaiso woman on multiple counts of grand theft. 30-year
old Jennifer Michelle Denney of 395 Whiteway Circle is charged by the OCSO with
six counts of grand theft and six counts of dealing in stolen property. The
Niceville Police Department has also charged Denney with one count of grand
theft.
Investigator Bob
Grappone says Denney stole more than thirty-thousand dollars in jewelry from
various homes in Niceville and the Bluewater Bay area while working as a
housecleaner last March and April. The majority of the jewelry, ranging from
diamond rings to pearl necklaces, had been pawned at a local pawn shop and has
been recovered.
Denney is currently in
the Okaloosa County Jail in Crestview, awaiting first appearance.
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