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San Diego police arrest 13 suspects in jewelry theft ring, seek more victims

SAN DIEGO —

More than a dozen suspects have been arrested — and many more are sought — in connection with what San Diego police said Tuesday was a jewelry theft ring that targeted vulnerable people across the region and led to losses estimated in the millions of dollars.

Police said investigators suspected they knew of “only a very small percentage” of thefts, and they asked victims to come forward. They said thieves would approach potential victims, pretend to be in distress, then distract them and swipe the jewelry.

“Detectives discovered thieves targeted specific communities where elderly and people of

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Clearwater jewelry maker transforms found items into wearable works of art

Made in Tampa Bay: The Genesis

FOX 13 News

CLEARWATER, Fla. – Jewelry maker Lauralie Bradford has spent years using whatever materials she could find to create new products for her Clearwater-based business The Genesis.

“I would be thrifting. I would be going outside looking for materials,” Bradford said. “I’ve always really believed in trying to use what’s around me and the nature and recycling because there’s so much beauty in this world, and we can actually preserve it and cherish it if we do different things with it that are kind of unexpected. “

She also uses plants and

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Drake Used His New Video to Reveal Himself As the Proud Owner of Pharrell’s Iconic Jewelry

Pharrell shocked fans last September when he announced plans to sell exclusive items from his closet, including several Jacob & Co. chains, Audemars Piguet watches, and crystal-covered Stan Smith sneakers, via his new boutique action service, Joopiter. Given the Neptunes and NERD co-founder’s outsized influence on the intersection of hip-hop and style cultures in the early to mid-2000s, several of these pieces have taken on iconic status. The only thing crazier than the idea of ​​Skateboard P not owning some of his own artifacts anymore was the idea of ​​someone else coming up on them. And now the lucky auction

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