JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A woman was arrested on July 8 after investigators linked her to the sale of 34 gold coins worth $240,000 stolen from a FedEx distribution center in March, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
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The coins, taken March 18 from the FedEx facility on Commonwealth Avenue, were valued at $240,939.40, the arrest report says. Latent-print analysis of a pawn transaction form later identified Jennifer Meria Owens as a suspect, the report says.
JSO conducted surveillance July 8 and stopped Owens as she left an apartment on Collins Road. She was taken into custody and admitted she sold the coins, the report states; she told investigators a co-defendant, identified as her husband, Victor Lagrane Owens Sr., had given her the coins and asked her to change shipping labels and send packages to an alternate address. She later told JSO she believed the company named on the paperwork, Logistive Delivery LLC, was part of a scam, the report says.
Victor Owens, 50, was arrested June 24 and faces charges including grand theft of more than $100,000, dealing in stolen property and false verification of ownership on a pawnbroker transaction form. His arraignment was scheduled for July 16.
Jennifer Owens was booked on charges including dealing in stolen property, a second-degree felony under Florida law, the arrest report shows.
The investigation began after authorities provided documentation and surveillance video showing the theft, and detectives later reviewed pawn transaction records and latent-print results.