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""Handcuffs in the jewelry case""\r
Police make another arrest related to store gem robberies in Timonium, Bel Air\r
BALTIMORE SUN REPORTER :\r
""They had met like this many times. Brian O'Neal Hodge would steal jewelry, then meet the ""fence"" -- a person who buys stolen goods to resell them -- on a parking lot, where he would receive a lump sum of cash, Hodge told police, according to charging documents.\r
So just hours after robbing a Timonium jewelry store of more than $200,000 in merchandise with a woman posing as his fiancee, Hodge traveled to the parking lot of a Baltimore gas station to meet the fence, known to him as ""Kay,"" documents say. In return for all of the jewelry stolen during the robbery, Kay handed Hodge $2,500, with the promise of more, according to documents.\r
On Monday, Baltimore County police said, they arrested and charged Kay -- Syed Kashif Hussain, 30, ( Pakistani origin ) -- a Woodlawn resident and manager at Gold Valley jewelry in Security Square Mall, after a search of his home turned up thousands of dollars in stolen jewelry.\r
Hussain is the fourth person taken into custody after an investigation of two jewelry store robberies. Police were inadvertently aided by a Baltimore policeman, who is said to have admitted taking some of the items from Hodge during a traffic stop.\r
Authorities said Hodge, 39, and Corey Reuben Cooper, 26, both of Gwynn Oak in Baltimore County, face several charges in Baltimore and Harford counties in thefts at Bromwell Jewelers in Timonium on Nov. 26 and J&M Jewelers in Bel Air on Nov. 14. More than $800,000 worth of items were taken from J&M Jewelers, including a silver paten and chalice belonging to a local pastor that have been recovered.\r
Rodnell Shirley James of Baltimore, who is accused of posing as Hodge's fiancee in the Nov. 26 robbery, confessed soon after being arrested, charging documents say.\r
According to Hussain's charging documents, Hodge told police he had sold stolen items to Hussain ""numerous times."" He admitted selling Hussain items taken from Bromwell, with the hand-written price tags still intact, documents say.\r
When police arrived at Gold Valley manager Hussain's residence in the 2800 block of Gresham Way, Hussain escorted an officer to his bedroom closet and handed over $12,400 worth of jewelry marked with ""Bromwell & Brown"" stickers, according to records.\r
Hussain admitted purchasing the items, the records show, but he said he kept the property because he was not sure of its origin and believed it was stolen.\r
Harford County police plan to bring charges against Hussain this week relating to possession of stolen goods, said Robert B. Thomas, a spokesman for the Harford County Sheriff's Office. The search of Hussain's apartment also yielded a bag of assorted emeralds, a loose diamond with a certificate, and a ring, all taken in the J&M Jewelery robbery, Thomas said.\r
Hussain was being held at the Baltimore County Detention Center on $50,000 bond.\r
More than $100,000 worth of goods have been recovered so far, Thomas said.\r
David Williamson, the city officer who is said to have stolen items from Hodge, remains suspended but has not been charged, a city police spokesman said.""
Cons: The scum machine
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