OFFICIALS DECIDE IF THEY COULD EXPAND. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN DIAMONDS, VALUABLE COINS AND FAMILY HEIRLOOMS, ALL STOLEN. KCRA THREE INVESTIGATES. LYSEE MITRI OBTAINED DOZENS OF DOCUMENTS AND HUNDREDS OF EVIDENCE, PHOTOS SHOWING HOW THE JEWEL THIEF FINALLY GOT CAUGHT. THIS CRIMINAL SCHEME HAD GONE UNDETECTED FOR YEARS, AND SOME WERE SURPRISED TO DISCOVER THE CULPRIT BEHIND IT ALL. THIS IS JUST SOME OF WHAT CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL INVESTIGATORS FOUND DURING A SEARCH OF THE SUSPECT’S SACRAMENTO HOME. FIVE LARGE DIAMONDS WORTH ABOUT $300,000. TONS AND TONS OF COINS. BARS OF SILVER AND JEWELRY. I DID NOT EXPECT AS MUCH STUFF. I WAS JUST EXPECTING TO FIND THE DIAMONDS. BUT THEN WE FOUND ALL THESE OTHER ITEMS AND IT WAS. IT DEFINITELY MADE ME THINK LIKE HE HAD BEEN DOING THIS FOR A WHILE. MUCH OF IT CAME FROM SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES. AFTER SOMEONE DIED. WHEN FAMILY MEMBERS WENT TO CLAIM THAT PROPERTY THEY WERE INHERITING, THEY DIDN’T NECESSARILY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY SHOULD BE GETTING. WHICH IS WHY FOR AT LEAST SEVEN YEARS, NO ONE NOTICED THAT SOMEONE WAS POCKETING THINGS INSTEAD OF RETURNING IT ALL TO THE RIGHTFUL HEIR. ULTIMATELY, IT WAS THE OWNER OF THOSE PRICEY DIAMONDS WHO KEPT VERY THOROUGH RECORDS OF WHAT WAS IN HIS SAFE DEPOSIT BOX AND FIRST TIPPED OFF POLICE. TONIGHT ON KCRA THREE NEWS AT TEN. WE’LL SHOW YOU HOW THEY TRACK DOWN THAT JEWEL THIEF AND WHY HE WAS ABLE TO GE