Man sentenced in Michigan for swapping fake diamonds for real ones at jewelry stores around country

Twenty-eight-year-old Demetrius Eugene Woodson sentenced Friday

Twenty-eight-year-old Demetrius Eugene Woodson was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court in Kalamazoo. (WDIV)

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – A federal judge in Michigan has sentenced a man to two years in prison for swapping fake diamonds for real ones at jewelry stores in several states.

Twenty-eight-year-old Demetrius Eugene Woodson was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court in Kalamazoo.

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Woodson had pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit offenses against the U.S. He and a co-defendant took part in the scheme involving jewelry stores in Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois and New Jersey.