A successful Lexington real estate agent was in court Thursday afternoon after being accused of stealing a diamond from a client’s home.
Bo Howell III had little to say to the judge. His lawyer Edward Thompson entered a plea of not guilty and the case is going to a grand jury.
“The government has an obligation to prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt and we are at this point asking them to do their job,” Thompson told LEX 18’s Richard Essex.
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Howell is accused by police and a former client of taking a one karat diamond from a ring in March of this year.
According to court documents, Howell removed the diamond from the ring setting and replaced it with a fake.
His client was selling a Lakewood Drive home which was sold in September for $750,000.
The court records say the stone was valued at $3,500. Howell allegedly sold it to Rosenberg Jewelry in March.
Rosenberg, like all jewelers who buy estate diamonds are required to electronically submit to police the names of those selling jewelry.
This led police to Howell.
A source close to the investigation of this case says that Howell may have sold other diamonds.
Howell is out on bail and his case is going to the grand jury.
