Cops: New Paltz diamond thief a parolee

... using the same tactic and grabbed jewelry valued at more than $250,000. In 2000, Maldonado was sentenced in Dutchess County to nine years in prison for second-degree robbery and attempted first-degree robbery. He was paroled in February 2010. ...

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