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that they were solid and not plated.
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Yeah, but wouldn't filing them
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make them less valuable and harder to sell?
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Russell said the ring was one of a kind.
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That's hard to sell, too.
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So maybe they're not stealing the gold to resell it.
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Maybe they're melting it down.
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So where do you go to melt stolen gold in Vegas?
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Had all my detectives
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reach out to informants in the stolen jewelry trade.
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Several pointed to a Fredrick Ladd.
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Runs a cash-for-gold store in some nearby strip mall.