Overview
- Emajae Brown, 25, was arraigned Tuesday in Salem District Court on nine felony counts and was ordered held without bail pending an April 21 dangerousness hearing.
- Prosecutors say investigators used phone pings, Flock and Ring camera footage, and casino video to follow Brown to a jeweler in New York City after the March 28 break‑in.
- Police report finding more than $300,000 in cash and numerous gold items in Brown’s car, evidence they say links him to property stolen from the Rock Edge estate.
- At least two masked intruders entered through an unlocked door, held the housekeeper at gunpoint, pistol‑whipped and tied her, and fled with valuables in a Porsche later found in a Lynn cemetery.
- Prosecutors noted Brown is the ex‑boyfriend of a worker at the home and cited an earlier Encore casino incident to identify him, while a second suspect remains unidentified and the investigation continues.