Justin Pope of Downsville, Louisiana has admitted to stealing and pawning a $4500 ring owned by his girlfriend and then using the ill-gotten proceeds for a down payment on an engagement ring for the same woman, police say.
29-year-old Pope confessed to “taking a ring that belonged to his then-girlfriend.” Pope told investigators that he sold the ring “at a local pawn shop, then used the money for a down payment on an engagement ring for her.”
Pope told Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies that he sought to retrieve the ring a month after pawning it, “only to learn that it had been melted for scrap.” For the full story, click here…