An appraiser examines a gold ring at a jewelry exchange in Buenos Aires (JUAN MABROMATA) In Argentina’s strangled economy, one sector is thriving: the pawn shops buying up gold and other family treasures that many are forced to sell to pay their bills. “When you are drowning in debt, sentimentality falls to the side,” said […]
After four decades of business, a Tallahassee pawn shop owner has made the decision to close permanently after last month’s tornadoes left his business with a dislodged roof and damages that were far beyond immediate repair. Owner Bobby Carrouth had every intention to open Tallahassee Gun & Pawn for business as usual on May 10, […]
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — The Springfield Police Department and Sangamon/Menard County Crime Stoppers are asking for help in solving a burglary that resulted in $55,000 worth of items being stolen from a pawn shop. The burglary happened around 5:30 a.m. on April 17 at Anything Sales. Officials said police officers responded to a burglary alarm […]
A thief who ripped off almost an estimated $2 million of goods from Brazilian guests at a high end Beverly Hills hotel brought two pieces of diamond jewelry appraised at $484,000 to a high end Aventura pawn shop. Jobson Marangoni De Castro aka “Jobs Marangoni” got $50,000 from Diamond Banc Aventura, 19790 W. Dixie Hwy, […]
Hardcore Pawn star and Detroit pawnbroker Les Gold told Fox News that customers seem to be getting increasingly desperate. Gold starred in the TruTV series between 2010 and 2015 along with his adult children and fellow pawnbrokers Ashley and Seth at American Jewelry and Loan. He said pawnbrokers are “street-level economists” who are indicators of […]
EL PASO, Texas – Clay Baron has everything in his pawn shop from gold rings and pearl necklaces to vintage cowboy boots, silver belt buckles, stereos and ticking clocks. The only thing he’s short on is space. “Right now we have a glut of inventory,” Baron said, “which tells me that our clientele doesn’t necessarily […]
COLONIAL HEIGHTS – Police have arrested the man they said pulled the trigger in a shooting earlier this month at a city pawn shop. Warren Darnell Fields Jr., 27, of Petersburg, was picked up without incident Tuesday, according to a statement from Colonial Heights Police. He has been charged with discharging a firearm in a […]
COLONIAL HEIGHTS − Police are investigating a shooting outside a city pawn shop late Friday that sent one man to the hospital with a serious injury. According to police reports, two suspects are wanted in connection with the incident that happened around 4:45 p.m. outside Cal’s on the Boulevard at the Martin Luther King Jr. […]
A 9-year-old child helped Kentucky police find a gun-slinging pastor responsible for a chilling triple homicide. Loving parents, Michael and Angela “Angie” Hockensmith, were the co-owners of the ABC Gold, Games & More pawn shop in Danville, Kentucky — a little more than 30 miles southeast of Lexington. The pair homeschooled a 9-year-old son, Andrew, […]
Detectives identified the suspected robber who was shot and killed by Phoenix police on Saturday afternoon and said they arrested his accomplice, according to an updated police report released Sunday. Guy Vogel Jr., 42, was shot and killed after police responded to an armed robbery at a pawn shop near 19th Avenue and Indian School […]
The Atlanta Police Department is asking for the public’s help locating two men they say are habitual car break in suspects. On Dec. 8, police say they responded to the 600 block of Parkway Drive in Northeast Atlanta in reference to multiple cars that were broken into. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as […]