On August 21, 2014 the Amador County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a residential burglary on Delores Court in Pioneer.  The victim reported miscellaneous items including jewelry valued at over $9000 had been stolen. 

On September 2, 2014 an Amador County Sheriff’s Detective was performing follow up investigation and reviewed numerous transaction receipts from a secondhand dealer in Calaveras County.  While reviewing the records, the detective noted that a subject that had previously been identified as performing work for the victim had recently pawned over 13 grams of “Gold-scrap.” 

The detective visited the secondhand dealer and determined that the items pawned by the subject matched the description of the stolen property.  Surveillance video from the secondhand dealer and the suspected stolen property was collected as evidence.  Detectives met with the victim and determined that the items pawned by the subject were in fact stolen from the victim’s home.

Amador County Sheriff’s Detectives drafted a search warrant for the subject’s residence, as well as a warrant for the subject’s arrest.   Both warrants were authorized by an Amador County Superior Court judge. 

On September 9, 2014 the warrants were executed at Adams’ residence on Antelope Drive.  A thorough search of the property was performed and additional suspected stolen property, belonging to multiple victims, was found. 

Jerry Lee Adams Jr., 38, of Pioneer was booked into the Amador County Jail for violation of California Penal Code sections 459(a) first degree residential burglary; and 368(d) theft from an elder adult, based upon his knowledge of the victim’s age at the time of the crime.  Adams bail amount has been set at $110,000 by the Amador County Superior Court. 

This investigation is ongoing as detectives are working to determine ownership of additional suspected stolen property.

Posted by TSPN TV on Tuesday, Sept 16, 2014