Stolen rings returned after 15 years, and more

A set of gold rings stolen at a house party 15 years ago has been returned by a self-professed “dumb kid who wants to right a wrong.”

Stolen rings returned after 15 years

A set of gold rings stolen at a house party 15 years ago has been returned by a self-professed “dumb kid who wants to right a wrong.” The four rings disappeared in 1998 after Margot Riphagen, then 16, hosted a party at her parents’ house in Portland, Ore. They included her mother’s wedding ring and her grandparents’ wedding bands. The contrite but still anonymous thief mailed the rings to Riphagen’s parents along with a letter of apology. “As an adult I realize how sentimental items like this can be,” he wrote.

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