Woman Charged With Pawning Stolen Jewelry
Jenny Marino of Salem, Mass. told Salem, N.H. police she was pawning $9K in jewelry for a friend.
A Salem, Mass., woman was arrested Monday afternoon in Salem, N.H. after she attempted to pawn $9,000 worth of what police say was stolen jewelry.
Jenny Marino, 27, was charged with felonies for receiving stolen property and drug possession and held on $2,000 cash bail.
Police in the New Hampshire town said they responded to the Salem Cash for Gold location Monday at 2:26 p.m. for a report of a female trying to pawn a large amount of jewelry. The jewelry was valued at over $9,000.
Marino told police she was "pawning it for a friend who promised her some of the money."
Police found Marino also had a small amount of the stolen prescription drug Suboxone.
Marino was taking into custody without incident and bail was set at $2,000. She was transported to Rockingham County jail pending arraignment in 10th Circuit Court in Salem, N.H.
Rebecca DeVries
11:06 am on Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Pathetic. You should have been taking care of your 5-year-old daughter and living for her, not this drug.
MShribman
5:38 pm on Thursday, April 19, 2012
There is an epidemic of oxycontin and heroin. Don't these people understand what it means to sell your soul to the devil?
Sarah Pelletier
2:20 pm on Thursday, April 19, 2012
I know personally that she struggled for a very long time with addiction, which is a horrible thing to battle. I wish her the best and hope she learns to be smarter from this incident when it comes to helping a so called friend