Federal court declines to prosecute Hayes woman accused of stealing millions in jewelry

Mary Catherine Hunt, a resident of Hayes in Gloucester County and a graduate of Woodside High School in Newport News, wants to clear her name.

Hunt, 30, is facing a charge of grand theft in Florida.

Scott Patrick Mitchell, her former fiance, told investigators she took nearly $2.1 million in diamonds, gold and jewelry from his mansion in Palm Harbor, Fla., last fall after the couple split up.

Hunt and her attorney adamantly deny Mitchell's allegations. The U.S. Attorney's Office recently declined to prosecute Hunt on the charge in federal court. The charge remains in Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Court but no trial date has been set.

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