Man arrested for allegedly switching diamond with cubic zirconia at store
A Wahiawa man was in custody today after switching a diamond with a cubic zirconia in a theft at a Keeaumoku Street jewelry store, authorities said.
Lucas Miller, 26, was charged Tuesday with second-degree theft and remained at Oahu Community Correctional Center today unable to post $11,000 bail.
The incident happened at about 11:05 a.m. at J.E.S. Jewelry on the corner of Rycroft and Keeaumoku streets and involved a diamond valued at more than $750, a court document says.
Police said Miller asked store staff to see the diamond, then swapped out the diamond with the cubic zirconia.
He was arrested about an hour later, apparently after the staff noticed the deception.
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Was that his plan?
Sleight of hand too quick to notice? Hobby magician, now you see it, now you don’t?
There was a similar case in a Kahala Mall jewelry store back around 1981. The suspect left the cubic Z and when officers approached him, he swallowed the real diamond. He was put in a room in the old Sears building and given all the coffee he could stand. The next morning, CS folks walked in with a kidney pan, chopsticks and gloves to recover the evidence. One of the less-glamorous aspects of investigative work.