Ormond Beach Marine gets stolen ring back

Marine gets back stolen ring
BY LYDA LONGA
STAFF WRITER
Daytona Beach News Journal
September 4, 2012

The one tangible object that 23-year-old Liam Riden had from his days as a Marine was the ring he received upon graduating from boot camp.

Riden lost the ring when a burglar broke into his Ormond Beach house during the Christmas holiday. He thought it was gone forever.

After eight months, though, two more nearby burglaries and an investigation by a detective who used to be a Marine, Riden was in for a surprise.

The December break-in left little reason for optimism. The burglar had left no fingerprints or any other evidence at Riden's Arroyo Parkway home, and the case went cold by January.

"My heart sank," said Riden, a sophomore at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University who had served at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. "I got it (the ring) when I graduated from boot camp (at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in Parris Island, S.C.), so it means a lot.

"Your boot camp experience is one you can share with all Marines, no matter where you serve."

Another burglary occurred Aug. 11 on Riden's street. Neighbors Jeff and Terri Wiseman had been feeding the burglary victim's cat while the homeowner was out of town, and Terri Wiseman reported the burglary, Ormond Beach investigator Donnie Brock said.

Investigator Tom Larsen -- also a former Marine -- learned that Wiseman had pawned two rings in February, Brock said.
"The fact that Tom Larsen was a Marine, this was very personal to him," Brock said of his colleague. "He went above and beyond to solve this case."
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