Dem congressional candidate busted trying to hawk stolen ring
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Juliet Germanotta, a congressional candidate from Wisconsin, was busted by the NYPD in her home state when she tried to hawk a ring she ripped off from a Manhattan jewelry store, police said.
A congressional candidate from Wisconsin was busted by the NYPD in her home state when she tried to hawk a ring she ripped off from a Manhattan jewelry store, police said.
Juliet Germanotta — who in campaign literature vowed to keep the state “fiscally responsible by questioning expenses ” — ordered a $4,800 ring from Mikaelians Jewelry on West 47th Street in Midtown on September 19.
But Germanotta, 36, who describes herself as a “proud transgender woman,” claimed the ring she received was not to her liking, and requested her money back, police said.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Instead of sending the real ring back, she sent the store a bogus bauble — and attempted to sell the original.
Mikaelians filed a complaint with the NYPD on October 2nd recognizing the ring they received in return as a phony. And when Germanotta’s prospective buyer in Wisconsin had the real ring checked out, the appraiser contacted Mikaelians, and learned that it was hot, police said.