Port Authority police recover $12,000 engagement ring, make arrest

YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A woman told police a man who walked up and asked her for money in a Jersey City parking lot walked off with her $12,000 diamond engagement ring after putting his hand on hers.

Photo Credit: *Courtesy PORT AUTHORITY POLICE*

Jerry DeMarco

08/15/2013 7:04 p.m.

The 36-year-old Jersey City woman — apparently not realizing the ring was missing until he was gone — notified Port Authority Police after the 11:30 p.m. incident Sunday at the authority Technical Center on Erie Street.

Using her description of the man, Port Authority police identified 47-year-old Chris Ingram of Jersey City, who already was being held in the Hudson County Jail on another charge, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT.

The 5-foot-6, 150-pound Ingram is charged with theft.

Police also recovered the 7½-carat ring, Pentangelo said.

MUGSHOT: Courtesy PORT AUTHORITY POLICE

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