ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — A stolen Olympic gold medal belonging to a member of the 2020 U.S. Ladies’s Volleyball Group has been present in Southern California, authorities stated Wednesday.
Jordyn Poulter reported the medal stolen Could 25 after the Olympian found her automotive damaged into at a parking storage in Anaheim, police stated.
Detectives later arrested a suspect within the theft, however weren’t instantly capable of find the lacking medal.
On Monday, the house owners of an Anaheim barbershop reported discovering the gold medal inside a plastic bag discarded outdoors their enterprise, police stated in a press release. They handed it over to police, who plan on returning it to Poulter.
The 31-year-old suspect is charged with residential housebreaking, automobile housebreaking, id theft and possession of narcotics, officers stated earlier this month.
The suspect, an Anaheim resident, has a “prolonged prison historical past,” a police assertion stated.
Poulter was a part of the crew that gained gold on the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, after the video games have been delayed a 12 months due to the coronavirus pandemic.
