GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — A Las Vegas man stole thousands of dollars in jewelry from open houses across metro Atlanta over one weekend before Norcross police arrested him at a pawn shop, according to police.
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Norcross police arrested 47-year-old Tyler Wride on June 8 at a pawn shop, according to the Norcross Police Department. He faces charges of burglary, theft by taking, and obstruction, and a judge denied him bond, citing the risk of another felony.
Investigators in Milton and Norcross tied Wride to the same white Dodge Durango, a rental that turned up at open houses on June 6 and 7. When detectives searched the SUV, they recovered watches, about 20 pieces of jewelry, and five credit cards, police say were not his.
At a Milton home, police say Wride took five rings worth more than seven thousand dollars from a locked jewelry box. At another open house nearby, a report says he signed a fake name and left a phone number that traced to no one.
In Norcross, a report says an agent caught him grabbing necklaces off a closet wall and made him hand them back, but the homeowner later found three rings missing.
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Hubert Tate, a real estate advisor with Keller Williams who is not connected to any of these cases, said protecting a home starts with what sellers take out of it.
“Before I take any home to market to sell it, I always advise clients, get all of your valuables out of the house,” Tate said. “We do live in a society where there are plenty of bad actors in our midst,” Tate said.
A warrant says Wride resisted when officers tried to cuff him during his June 8 arrest in Norcross, adding an obstruction charge. He faces charges in Milton and has outstanding charges out of Florida. He remains in the Gwinnett County Jail without bond.
Daion Brewer, a realtor who is also not connected to the cases, said she leans on a buddy system, posting one agent at the door for IDs while another keeps watch inside.
“It’s not something that happens every day, but it does happen,” Brewer said.
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