WINONA, Minn. – The arrests of two men in Wisconsin for a roadside jewelry -for-cash scam may not be whole picture of what’s been going on, said Winona County Sheriff Ron Ganrude. It’s thought a larger band of thieves may be involved. Arrested last week in Viroqua were Alexandru Uca, age 28, of Kent, Washington, and Armando Vaduva, 27, of Fullerton, California. But, said Ganrude, there also seems to have been at least one woman roaming western Wisconsin and southeast Minnesota. The jewelry in every case was cheap imitations with only the slightest plating of precious metal and no genuine gems..
