A worker at a Hialeah jewelry store was arrested after he allegedly stole tens of thousands of dollars worth of items from the shop, police said.
Eduardo Gongora, 35, was arrested Wednesday on a grand theft charge, Miami-Dade jail records showed.
According to an arrest report, the alleged thefts happened at Yene Joyeria on West 16th Avenue.
On Wednesday, the store’s owner contacted police saying he’d received an anonymous call telling him an employee had been stealing jewelry from him.
The owner went through an inventory list and found some items were missing, and said Gongora was responsible for documenting inventory at the end of the night, the report said.
He said he cross referenced order and invoices with what had been sold or what was still in his inventory and noticed a large number of pieces missing, and said he spoke with Gongora, who confessed to taking jewelry, the report said.
Gongora had numerous items that he’d taken that day in his bag worth around $10,000, the report said.
When questioned by police, Gongora confessed to the theft, saying he’d done it numerous times before and would sell the items to another jeweler, the report said.
Detectives searched Gongora’s home and found another $20,000 worth of jewelry that had been stolen, the report said.
Gongora was arrested and booked into jail.
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