Rumson Jewelry Store Owner Charged With Theft: Prosecutor

RUMSON, NJ – The owner of a Rumson jewelry store was charged with theft on Thursday after failing to return jewelry worth a total of more than $260,0000, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office.

Anthony Goltsch of Manchester was charged with second degree theft by failure to make required disposition of property retrieved. The jewelry was left at his store – Golden Goose on West River Road in Rumson – on consignment or for redesign, the Prosecutor’s Office said.

The Rumson Police Department also reported several complaints from three store customers over the past several months. Customers complained that Goltsch would not pay them any cash proceeds or return the jewelry. An investigation conducted by the Prosecutor’s Office and Rumson police found three victims who did not receive any payment from Golsch or a return of the items associated with the theft.

One victim, who consigned two rings at Golden Goose between July and August 2017, reports that she has not received any payment for the items, despite their combined appraisal value totalling over $180,000.

Another victim reported that she consigned eight pieces of jewelry to store in March 2019, with a combined appraisal value of approximately $59,000. She also has not received payment for the pieces despite numerous requests made.

The third victim reported that in June 2019, she brought three pieces of jewelry (with an appraised value of approximately $24,000) to the Golden Goose to be redesigned. As with the other victims, despite numerous requests for the items to be returned, the store owner has refused to do so.

Goltsch was recently sworn in as a member of the Manchester Township Board of Education on July 29.

If convicted of the theft charge, Goltsch faces a sentence of five to ten years in state prison.

Anyone with additional information is asked to contact Det. Michael Acquaviva of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office Financial Crimes Unit at (732) 431-7160, ext 2233, or Rumson Police Det. Donald Schneider at (732) 842-0500.

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