One of San Fran's Most Notorious Jewel Thieves, Profiled In SF Weekly, Loses Appeal

​ ​ ​As reported in today's Chron, Troy Smith's 2006 conviction in the theft of $4.5 million in jewels has been upheld. Mark Zimmelman, the owner of Lang Antique and Estate Jewelry where the jewels were yanked, is still walking free, regardless of the strong suspicions that he was involved.

 Should you wish to glean more about all this, check out SF Weekly's cover story, "Gem of a Caper," which laid out the whole case back in 2006.  

Also highly recommend: this NY Magazine story about what it was like for an arts writer having Smith's brother, Dino (another fugitive diamond thief), as his roommate. The tag line: "He found me on Craigslist. I found him on America's Most Wanted."

Awesome.