TALLAHASSEE (AP) — An act expanding insurance coverage for kidney transplants that's named for retired Miami Heat basketball star Alonzo Mourning is among 28 new laws going into effect. ...more

September 30, 2009

Cash4Gold.com, the metal refinery that offers fast money to those who mail in gold jewelry, has hit on a formula that would make ancient alchemists weep: It's found a way to turn desperation into gold. And in this economy, that's a growth business. ...more

February 7, 2009

There were lots of diamonds and pearls at The Diamonds & Pearls Celebrity Gala Friday night in Ybor City's Good Luck Cafe. ...more

January 31, 2009

An 18-year-old woman is being held on $4,000 bail today after trying to buy gold jewelry with fake $50 bills, police said. ...more

November 16, 2008

Much of Tuesday's pawnshop armed robbery in Pasco was captured on video surveillance, sheriff's officials announced today, and they're hoping the public can help. ...more

September 10, 2008

Pasco deputies are investigating an armed robbery of a pawnshop this morning. Deputies received a call at 11:30 a.m. about three men armed with handguns walking into A Superior Pawn, 12101 State Road 52, tying up the proprietor and stealing cash and gold jewelry. No serious injuries were reported. ...more

September 9, 2008

The theft of $17,360 in gold jewelry from a mall kiosk in March led authorities to traffic court Thursday, where they arrested Chad Daniel Keck, 20. ...more

July 19, 2008

The assistant manager at the jewelry kiosk turned her back for a moment to struggle with a display case lock, but that's all it took for a tray of valuables to disappear. Amber Sharp was showing a tray of mostly gold necklaces to a couple March 6 at the Piercing Pagoda in Gulf View Square mall, but they decided not to buy anything, a Pasco County Sheriff's Office report states. Meanwhile, a teenager and a young man were walking around the kiosk, which made Sharp nervous because the boy was leaning over the counter "looking around at everything but the jewelry," the report states. Sharp nervously tried to put away the tray, briefly leaving it next to the cash register while she tried to unlock the display case. When she went to grab the tray, it was gone, and so was everyone who had been near the kiosk. On Thursday, a sheriff's detective tracked down suspect Chad Daniel Keck, 20, at traffic court in New Port Richey and arrested him on charges of grand theft and violation of the pawn brokers act. He was being held Friday at the Land O' Lakes Jail, with bail set at $10,000. ...more

July 18, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - Police are looking for six people in connection with a jewelry burglary ring, including Sunday's robbery of David Reynolds Coins & Jewelry, 4009 Central Ave. ...more

December 19, 2007