Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Man Accused Of Stealing $6,000 Diamond Ring

{Huntington, West Virginia}...Huntington Police arrested Harry Wilks Jr. Tuesday afternoon and charged him with grand larceny and shoplifting, four days after he fled from Mack and Dave's Department Store with a $6,000 diamond ring. On the day of the robbery, Elizabeth Neal, the sales clerk, ran after him screaming for him to stop. When she opened the door, she heard a loud thump as a car hit Wilks, who got up and took off. Neal hopped in the car with a man behind the car that hit Wilks and unsuccessfully continued the chase. Police discovered Wilks has five outstanding warrants for charges including embezzlement, domestic battery and transferring and receiving stolen property.