From the ArcaMax Publishing, Weird News Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/weirdnews/s-571391-618852
COMMACK, N.Y. (UPI) -- Authorities said a Commack, N.Y., Target
employee who witnessed a customer drop a $19,000 diamond ring
mistakenly handed it to the wrong person.
Police said the ring slipped off the 42-year-old woman's finger while
she was at the store May 6 and the employee ran out into the parking
lot to find her, the New York Post reported.
However, he did not actually find the ring's owner, but a woman in a
similar hairstyle and coat who claimed the ring as hers after the
employee showed it to her and asked if she had dropped it.
Police said the woman used cash to pay for her purchases at the store
so they are using security camera footage to try to identify her.
The true owner of the ring said it had been a 10th anniversary gift
from her husband.
"The ring meant a lot to me," she said. "My husband worked hard to buy
me that ring. No matter what the circumstances, it's not hers. The
insurance company paid me, but I don't want the money. I want the ring
back."