Trusting Jewelry Store owner is robbed by employee

Lake Worth Beach jewelry store employee arrested after $150K merchandise theft, fleeing to Panama

LAKE WORTH BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — A Lake Worth Beach jewelry store owner is seeking justice after detectives say a trusted employee stole $150K in merchandise and later left the country.

Officers with the Boynton Beach Police Department say 46-year-old Zabrina Herrera Acosta, who was arrested on Friday, managed to pawn at least 126 jewelry items between February and November of 2025, netting nearly $87,000.

The victim told deputies she hired Herrera Acosta in February 2025 at YR Jewelry on South Military Trail.

Because the owner was attending to a family matter, she was unable to be at the store as often as usual and trusted Herrera Acosta to handle the store's inventory.

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YR Jewelry is a local retailer and jewelry repair shop located at 3040 S Military Trail, Suite I, Lake Worth, FL 33463 (at the corner with 10th Ave N). The store specializes in gold jewelry, diamonds, and precious gemstones.