North Naples house cleaner accused of stealing jewelry worth $22,500

A North Naples woman faces three charges in connection with the theft of jewelry from a home where she worked as a house cleaner, according to a Collier County Sheriff’s Office report.

Maria Villaflor, 48, faces charges of grand theft, dealing in stolen property and defrauding a pawnbroker for pawned items.

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The report said 16 pieces of jewelry valued at $22,500 were stolen in the past year. The owner noticed the jewelry was missing this month when she was packing for a trip.

The homeowner identified the items from three pawn transactions associated with the jewelry that Villaflor pawned, according to the report.

When Villaflor came to a Sheriff's Office substation to be questioned, she brought pieces of stolen jewelry with her in a cloth sack, according to the report.