Ypsilanti burglar gets away with jewelry and counterfeit watches

Posted on Sat, Dec 19, 2009 : 7:54 p.m.

Ypsilanti burglar gets away with jewelry and counterfeit watches

By Ronald Ahrens

An Ypsilanti resident returned home Friday afternoon to find a broken window, a ransacked bedroom and much jewelry missing, according to police reports.

The resident of the home on North Huron River Drive had been away since early Thursday morning, reports say.

A University of Michigan class ring and an Eastern Michigan University gold pin were among the items reported missing. Other gold and diamond rings were taken as well.

About 30 counterfeit Rolex and Breitling watches were part of the robber’s haul. The report did not give details about why the watches were in the house.

Comments

DeadHead

Tue, Dec 22, 2009 : 8:46 a.m.

I agree, Malorie - it sure looks like someone stole stolen loot..

Mon, Dec 21, 2009 : 7:01 p.m.

I thought it was illegal to have counterfeit anything....and why did they have a U of M ring AND an EMU pin?

Lokalisierung

Mon, Dec 21, 2009 : 4:44 p.m.

I don't think it's illegal to have knock off-watches is it?

djm12652

Sun, Dec 20, 2009 : 12:58 p.m.

Okay, if someone had counterfeit Rolex and Breitlings stolen, why in the world would they admit that? That's like admitting you were mugged and the mugger stole a bunch of counterfeit $20 bills from you...furthermore, is there no honor among theives or are the theives to dumb to recognize knock-offs? Hmmm....wondering if the "diamonds" in the rings stolen were paste...