Huntington Jewelry Store Employee Stole $125K From Clients: Police

HUNTINGTON, NY — A Huntington jewelry store employee was arrested on Tuesday, for charges of stealing more than $125,000 from clients over a three-year span, Suffolk County police said.

Laura Bee, an employee of Ever Love Jewelers, located at 374 New York Ave., was charged with seven counts of third-degree grand larceny and six counts of issuing a bad check, a police said.

Following an investigation by Second Squad detectives, it was determined Bee, 59,of Lake Grove, had stolen jewelry valued at more than $125,000 from seven clients between September 2019 and December 2022.

In some instances, Bee knowingly issued checks with insufficient funds to cover the transaction and then kept the jewelry, police said.

In others, she swapped real diamonds for fakes, or used inferior quality diamonds but charged full price.

Bee was arrested at her home, and was held overnight at the Fourth Precinct. She is scheduled to appear at First District Court in Central Islip on Wednesday.

Anyone with information, or who believes they may have been a victim, is asked to contact Second
Squad detectives at 631-854-8252.