Scrooge McDuck Helps Crack Murder Case

(Newser) – In life, Miguel Rodriguez was apparently a big fan of Scrooge McDuck. In death, the cartoon character may have helped catch his killers. The Hartford Courant explains the weird case: The 25-year-old Rodriguez was shot to death on a city street this summer, and his killers stole a custom-made gold chain from around his neck that featured the famous duck. His fandom (no explanation offered) and a new state law requiring more thorough records at pawn shops combined to break the case.

Police kept scouring the records of local shops after the killing, and, voila, the McDuck necklace finally turned up, along with the name and photo of the person who sold it. As a result, Tyquan Turner, 21, and Lorenza Christian, 22, were charged in the case. Selling such a distinctive piece of jewelry to a local shop so soon after a murder? Slate assesses the case and awards Christian a 5.5 out of 10 on its dumb-criminal scale.

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Jeweller helps bust crime ring

Police say a group of travelling thieves who targeted high-end jewelry across Canada was nabbed Saturday morning in Brandon.

Staff at a downtown Brandon jeweller called police just before 11 a.m. on Saturday, to report two suspicious women in their store. The women matched descriptions that had been sent out in warning bulletins from the Retail Jeweler's Association.

When the women left the store, they were stopped by police at a bank across the street.

Investigation revealed that the suspects were allegedly responsible for thefts in Saskatchewan and Alberta, including the communities of Medicine Hat, Weyburn, Swift Current and North Battleford.

The two women were arrested and wil be sent to North Battleford, Sask., to face outstanding warrants there.

Those arrested were a 34-year-old woman and a 25-year-old woman, both from Kitchener, Ont.

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