PLYMOUTH, Mass. — A Plymouth woman is elated to once again be wearing her wedding ring, a week after she thought she’d never see her precious diamond again.
Jessica Sherman said she placed her wedding ring in her wallet on July 23 when she and her daughter took a pottery class.
Sherman believes the ring fell out of her wallet when she stopped at the Stop & Shop in Plymouth on their way home.
Sherman called Plymouth Police, Stop & Shop and both pawn shops in town, including Main Street Jewelry & More. She said all of them told her they didn't have the ring. Sherman wasn't giving up. She put up posters around the Stop & Shop plaza offering a $500 reward for the return of the ring and stopped by everywhere she could think of over the next few days. She even posted a passionate plea in a town Facebook group.
“I’m hoping & praying some kind soul found it and will return it to the police,” Sherman posted on July 25. “I believe that most people are good, so I have hope!”
Her post was shared more than 100 times.
One of Sherman's stops last week included Main Street Jewelry & More, but she didn't see her ring in the display case. She went back on Wednesday and showed an employee a photo of her ring and he told her he had the ring.
Sherman said the employee told her he sold the ring to a girl for $300, but the ring was "worth a lot of money." She said she told him, 'Yes, I know. It's my ring."
Sherman said the employee debated on what to charge her for her ring. When she told him she was going to call the police, since she reported the ring missing, he agreed to sell her the ring for $500, since he knew about the reward.
Sherman and the employee then called the police, who said since the ring wasn't reported stolen, their hands were tied.
Sherman said the officer insisted Main Street Jewelry & More sell her the ring back for the $300 the store lost, but the employee insisted upon the $500.
"It was worth the money even though he swindled me," Sherman said.
Sherman joked how the reward money was more than what the girl sold the ring for.
“The funny thing to me is that if only she had kept the ring and contemplated doing the right thing for 24 hours, she would have seen the reward signs and actually would have made $500 rather than $300,“ Sherman said.
Sherman is grateful for the support she received from the community.
“Just that fact that most everyone is so outraged at the girl who pawned it and the pawn shop guy who profited gives me such renewed hope for our society," Sherman said.
Police didn’t share the identity of the girl with Sherman.
Sherman joked she's going to pursue a career as a detective after this ordeal.
“We are just so excited about having my ring back," Sherman said.
Boston 25 News spoke with a representative from Main Street Jewelry & More Wednesday who said he is happy he was able to help reunite Sherman with her ring.
Boston 25 News has reached out to Plymouth Police to see if the girl who pawned the ring will face charges.
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