Trevor Jonathan Wright led a crew in a string of armed robberies targeting South Asian-owned jewelry stores on the East Coast.
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Footage of a fight breaking out in the NYC Diamond District was viewed millions of times on Instagram and Facebook.
Ivel Sanchez Rivera, 52, has been arrested and charged in connection with the armed robbery of Tio Jewelers in Cape Coral, Florida.
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Plus, JSA’s Scott Guginsky discusses the need for jewelers to take more precautions as the gold price continues to climb.

The couple pleaded guilty to concealing at least $127 million in cash transactions at its precious metals businesses.

In the recent multi-shipment seizure, CBP also found counterfeit Audemars Piguet, Moncler, and Chrome Hearts items.

Launched in 2023, the program will help the passing of knowledge between generations and alleviate the shortage of bench jewelers.

The special-edition egg pendant ingested in a New Zealand jewelry store was recovered after a six-day wait.


Carlos Jose Hernandez and Joshua Zuazo were sentenced to life without the possibility of parole in the 2024 murder of Hussein “Sam” Murray.

The man was charged with theft, accused of ingesting the necklace while in a jewelry store in Auckland, New Zealand.

Criminals are using cell jammers to disable alarms, but new technology like JamAlert™ can stop them.

The man, who has a criminal history, is suspected of being the fourth member of the four-man crew that carried out the heist.

Vanessa Hickman, 49, allegedly sold a diamond bracelet that was mistakenly sent to her home.

Faustino Alamo Dominguez and his son, 25-year-old Luis Angel Alamo, were gunned down following an armed robbery at their jewelry store.

JSA and Cook County Crime Stoppers are both offering rewards for information leading to the arrest of the suspect or suspects involved.

The NYPD is looking for three men who stole a safe and jewelry valued at $3.2 million from the home of a jeweler in Jamaica Hills, Queens.

The suspects were rounded up in Paris and its suburbs on Wednesday night, but none of the stolen jewels were recovered with them.

The suspect faces charges in the August robbery of Menashe & Sons Jewelers and is accused of committing smash and grabs at two pawn shops.

One of the individuals was apprehended at the airport as he was trying to flee the country.

The footage shows two of the jewelry heist suspects descending from the second floor of the museum and then escaping via scooter.

It took the masked thieves less than 10 minutes to steal eight irreplaceable jewels from two display cases in the museum’s Apollo Gallery.

Charles Robinson Shay was sentenced to life in prison plus 120 years while his accomplice, Michael James McCormack, got 75 years.

Carlos Jose Hernandez and Joshua Zuazo face life in prison for the October 2024 murder of 72-year-old Detroit-area jeweler Hussein Murray.

Four individuals have been charged in the “takeover-style” robbery of Heller Jewelers last month, and additional charges are expected.

Two men allegedly used counterfeit bills to purchase luxury watches and jewelry from a North Carolina jeweler.

Six people were shot last week at an Oakland cash-for-gold shop as employees exchanged gunfire with individuals trying to rob the store.

The latest incident happened Monday at a store in Oakland, California, continuing a pattern JSA first warned about last month.

The counterfeit Van Cleef & Arpels jewels would have been worth more than $30 million if genuine.

Peter Damian Arguello, a jeweler in the Denver suburb of Wheat Ridge, was found dead inside his store in November 2023.

Omar Roy, 72, was arrested in connection with the murder of jeweler Dionisio Carlos Valladares.
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