Police: Man who robbed banks to buy scratch tickets now into defrauding jewelers

Timothy B. Elliott of Pocasset was arrested in Downtown Crossing on Tuesday on charges he used a bogus check to defraud a Washington Street merchant of $24,000 worth of jewelry.

Boston Police report that after his check bounced, Elliott contacted the jeweler again in the hopes of scoring more rocks. The jeweler contacted police, who waited in the shop in the Jeweler's Building, 33 Washington St., and arrested Elliott on a charge of larceny over $250 when he showed up. Police say they're now looking at whether Elliott has anything to do with other similar incidents in the area.

Last year, a judge let Elliott keep $1 million in earnings from a lottery ticket even though his purchase of it violated his probation on the bank-robbery conviction.

Innocent, etc.