{"id":304062,"date":"2025-10-15T01:10:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T01:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/304062\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T01:10:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T01:10:11","slug":"mover-arrested-in-29000-jewelry-theft-in-paradise-valley-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/304062\/","title":{"rendered":"Mover arrested in $29,000 jewelry theft in Paradise Valley, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\"><strong>PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz.<\/strong> &#8211; A 32-year-old man working as a mover was arrested in connection to a hefty jewelry theft in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/us\/az\/maricopa-county\/paradise-valley\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Paradise Valley<\/strong><\/a> that happened on Sept. 15.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KSAZ\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Makale Winfield, 32, is accused of stealing $29,000 worth of jewelry from a home near <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/33%C2%B034&#039;16.4%22N+111%C2%B056&#039;35.6%22W\/@33.5713002,-111.9430035,19.62z\/data=!4m12!1m7!3m6!1s0x872b74a31163b9c5:0x82b0451de0808abf!2s6500+E+Bar+Z+Ln,+Paradise+Valley,+AZ+85253!3b1!8m2!3d33.5716528!4d-111.9419073!3m3!8m2!3d33.571219!4d-111.943229?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTAxMy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Invergordon Road and Bar Z Lane<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">&#8220;The homeowner discovered the theft after a moving company had been working inside the residence. An investigation revealed that Winfield, an employee of the moving company, sold three rings matching the stolen items&#8217; descriptions at a Phoenix pawn shop later that same day at about 6:16 p.m.,&#8221; the Paradise Valley Police Department said in a news release on Oct. 14.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Evidence, including cell phone data, was used to place Winfield at the scene of the crime and pawn shop, investigators said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">He was arrested and reportedly admitted he was responsible for the theft while working as a mover. He is accused of felony theft and trafficking stolen property.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">He&#8217;s being held at a Maricopa County jail.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">&#8220;The Paradise Valley Police Department reminds the public to remain vigilant about securing valuables during home services and encourages reporting suspicious activity,&#8221; the department said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/33%C2%B034&#039;16.4%22N+111%C2%B056&#039;35.6%22W\/@33.5712201,-111.9438727,19z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m12!1m7!3m6!1s0x872b74a31163b9c5:0x82b0451de0808abf!2s6500+E+Bar+Z+Ln,+Paradise+Valley,+AZ+85253!3b1!8m2!3d33.5716528!4d-111.9419073!3m3!8m2!3d33.571219!4d-111.943229?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTAxMy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Map of the area where the theft happened<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KSAZ\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Police did not say what moving company Winfield works for.<\/p>\n<p>     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/us\/az\/maricopa-county\/paradise-valley\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paradise Valley<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. &#8211; A 32-year-old man working as a mover was arrested in connection to a hefty&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":304063,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,6082,1588,50,16230,1589,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-304062","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-az","11":"tag-crime-publicsafety","12":"tag-maricopa-county","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-paradise-valley","15":"tag-phoenix","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115375520284160134","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}