Rice said that sometime between 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 21, 2010 and 1:15 p.m. the following day, Moss broke into a Maryland Avenue home and stole several pieces of heirloom and Tiffany jewelry. Moss left behind a filtered cigarette butt in the kitchen and a black sock by the front door, as well as a set of keys. The stolen jewelry was never recovered.

On Sept. 22, 2010, Moss broke into a Kentucky Street home and stole multiple pieces of jewelry, including a college ring and a college national championship ring, according to Rice. Moss then sold the rings, which had the victim’s name engraved on them, to a Brooklyn pawnshop. The New York Police Department, which conducts routine checks of pawnshops, became suspicious when they saw the collegiate rings at the Brooklyn shop two weeks later and contacted the college, which in turn reached out to the victim. The victim then contacted the Long Beach Police Department.

DNA evidence taken off the cigarette butt and sock from the first burglary, and from a collared shirt left behind at the scene of the second burglary, matched Moss’s sample in the statewide DNA database. Rice said that a set of keys left behind matched the address listed as Moss’s Indiana Avenue home.

Moss’s attorney, Robert Schalk, was not immediately available for comment.