The Met’s ‘Sleeping Beauties,’ hip-hop jewelry, more
Every week, Alexa rounds up New York’s hottest fashion, hotel openings, restaurant debuts, and celebrity-studded cultural happenings. This is a hand-picked guide to the best things to see, shop, taste and experience across the city. What’s on your luxury list this week? Van Cleef & Arpels blossoms on Fifth Avenue, two new fashion exhibitions chronicle […]
International Thief, Freed into U.S., Accused of Stealing $300K in Jewelry
An international jewelry thief wanted by Interpol for theft in South Korea has reportedly been released into the United States after arriving at the southern border near San Diego, California, last year. He is currently under arrest in Nassau County, New York, on suspicion of stealing more than $300,000 worth of jewelry from Tiffany & […]
Video: Gun-toting jewelry store owner knows just what to do after burglar breaks in — and shocked crook makes hilarious exit
After closing his Sidronie Jewelers store on Saturday, goldsmith Garrett Peddicord was settling into some “bench work” in the back of his store in Omaha, Nebraska, when something caught his eye on the security monitor. KETV TV reported. It turned out that at around 11:30 p.m., a crook had thrown a large rock into one […]
Omaha store owner and Army vet thwarts wannabe jewelry thief
A would-be thief’s jewelry robbery plan at a Nebraska store Saturday night was thwarted when the owner, a dangerous U.S. military veteran, forced him out of the store at gunpoint. “I usually have my firearm hanging on my hip no matter how many hours have passed,” Garrett Peddicord said. told KETV. “It’s one of those […]
Globetrotting jewelry thief finally nabbed after pair of NYC thefts
A globe-trotting jewel thief suspected of looting luxury stores in Beverly Hills, Miami and South Korea is now behind bars following robberies at Cartier and Tiffany in New York City. Yaorong Wang, 49, was arrested in Manhattan last week on suspicion of stealing diamond rings worth nearly $300,000 from a world-famous jewelry store, prosecutors said. […]
Luxury jewelry maker Cartier doesn’t give stuff away, but they pretty much did for one man in Mexico
Cartier, the luxury jewelry company, isn’t known for donating things, but in the case of one Mexican man, they did. Rogelio Villarreal was browsing Cartier’s web pages in his spare time when he came across an offer that was too good to be true. “I’m in a cold sweat,” he wrote on his X (formerly […]
US Marine arrested in Texas after stealing over $500,000 in jewelry in two separate heists, authorities say
A U.S. Marine was arrested Thursday in Texas after authorities said he stole hundreds of pieces of jewelry worth more than $500,000 in two separate robberies. Marcelo Majeed Hernandez, 18, has been identified as a suspect in two robberies that occurred at David Yuman Jewelry in Houston on October 13, 2023 and at Helzberg Diamonds […]
US Marine arrested in Texas after stealing over $500,000 in jewelry, authorities say
A U.S. Marine was arrested Thursday in Texas after authorities said he stole hundreds of pieces of jewelry worth more than $500,000 in two separate robberies. Marcelo Majeed Hernandez, 18, has been identified as a suspect in two robberies that occurred at David Yuman Jewelry in Houston on October 13, 2023 and at Helzberg Diamonds […]
Video: 8 armed thugs smash Oakland jewelry store’s display cases, steal nearly all items in brazen, devastating daytime heist
Eight armed individuals were caught on surveillance video destroying display cases at an Oakland jewelry store and making off with nearly all of the family-owned store’s inventory in a brutal and devastating robbery carried out in broad daylight this week. Ta. Image source: YouTube screenshot KGO-TV He called the crime in the city’s Chinatown district […]
Eight Allegedly Armed Jewelry Store Robbers Flee After Owner Pulls Shotgun
Eight armed jewelry store robbers fled Von Jewelry in Oakland on Wednesday after the 76-year-old store owner came out from the back of the store with a shotgun. ABC7 report The attempted robbery occurred in broad daylight around 12:30 p.m. Huon Jewelry is a family business, and his 69-year-old mother was working there at the […]