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Boy arrested for taking mom's jewelry

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PANAMA CITY, Fla., April 8 (UPI) -- Florida police said a sixth-grader was arrested at the request of his parents for taking more than $7,000 worth of jewelry from his mother and giving it away.

Police said the Bay County boy told investigators he gave his mother's white gold ring and diamond ring to a female classmate who later returned the white gold ring but told him she had lost the diamond ring, The Lakeland (Fla.) Ledger reported Thursday.

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The boy told police another boy in his class had his mother's emerald and sapphire ring and offered to return them for a reward. Another classmate received a sapphire ring, the boy told police.

Police said the boy was arrested and charged with grand theft. He was taken to the Bay County Department of Juvenile Justice.

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