Police identify man who was shot to death by jewelry salesman
Soto Oswaldo, 29, of Honduras was one of two men who were shot by tiffanys jewelry salesman Stephen Fleischman outside the Hobson Building at 5384 Poplar.
Fleischman, 62, who lives in Alabama, has a valid gun permit.
Two other suspects escaped in a rented 2010 Ford Fusion, which was found abandoned near Park and Estate about 9:30 a.m. July 9. Those men are still at large.
The other suspect who was shot is in critical condition at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis, police said Friday.
-- Hank Dudding
Police seek 3 suspects in Wednesday homicide
Memphis police have released the identity cufflinks of the man who was killed late Wednesday.
Investigators believe Tony Banks, 53, was shot during a robbery near Ellsworth and Kirby about 11 p.m.
Banks died at the scene.
Police are searching for three suspects in a silver Chevrolet Impala.
Anyone with information should call Crime Stoppers at 528-CASH.
-- Hank Dudding
JCPenney Names Veteran Fine Jewelry Merchant Pam Mortensen Senior Vice President and General Merchandise Manager of Fine Jewelry
Myron E. (Mike) Ullman, III, chairman and chief executive officer, said, "Pam Mortensen is a veteran retailing executive who brings to JCPenney a strong track record of success in fine tiffanys jewelry retailing based on a deep understanding of what customers want for themselves and in their gift selections. She shares our dedication to offering an assortment that reflects style and quality at prices that make sense for our customers' budgets. We are delighted to welcome her to our team and look forward to benefitting from her expertise and leadership."
Ms. Mortensen added, "JCPenney has long been known as a leader in fine jewelry retailing for Middle America, based on the great appeal of its selection and the value it offers. It is a wonderful opportunity for me to help build on the success of the Money Clips Jewelry Store inside JCPenney today and to further build its market share when the environment improves."
Prior to her role at Wal-Mart, which she took in 2002, Ms. Mortensen spent five years as vice president, divisional merchandise manager, for Service Merchandise, leading their Home Division. She had previously spent 12 years as a senior buyer in the Bailey, Banks, and Biddle division of Zale Corporation, with responsibility for bridal, fashion jewelry and watches. She began her career as a buyer at Sanger-Harris Federated Department Stores, where she spent 12 years. Ms. Mortensen received her B.S. degree from the University of Arkansas in 1977. About JCPenney JCPenney is one of America's leading retailers, operating 1,101 department stores throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, as well as one of the largest apparel and home furnishing sites on the Internet, jcp.com, and the nation's largest general merchandise catalog business. Through these integrated channels, JCPenney offers a wide array of national, private and exclusive brands which reflect the Company's commitment to providing customers with style and quality at a smart price. Traded as "JCP" on the New York Stock Exchange, the Company posted revenue of $18.5 billion in 2008 and is executing its strategic plan to be the growth leader in the retail industry. Key to this strategy is JCPenney's "Every Day Matters" brand positioning, intended to generate deeper, more emotionally driven relationships with customers by fully engaging the Company's approximately 150,000 Associates to offer encouragement, provide ideas and inspire customers every time they shop with JCPenney.
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New Moon Apparel and Jewelry Collection in October
Created by Awake, Inc., the apparel collection centers around fitted screened T-shirts,Tiffany jewellery tanks and hoodies that reflect the mood and spirit of the film. Twilight fans can choose from designs that show their affinity for vampire Edward Cullen with a "Team Edward" logo or werewolf Jacob Black with a "Team Jacob" logo. Other T-shirts feature film-related lines such as "Bet You Can't Read My Mind" and imagery such as "Forks High School Phys. Ed. Dept." and the tattoo design worn by the werewolf pack. Plaid tunics and jackets inspired by the style and setting of the film round out the lifestyle collection. Prices range from $32 for a T-shirt to $58 for a jacket.
The collection of silver and gold-plated fashion Money Clip jewelry created by Nordstrom includes necklaces, bracelets, earrings and key fobs. "I love Edward" and "I love Jacob" heart pendants hang from chains, and bracelets and key fobs feature film-related charms including Bella's truck, Jacob's motorcycle, vampire family crests, a moon, wolf and feather.
"We hope to bring the Twilight experience into our stores through fashion for our customers," said Loretta Soffe, Nordstrom executive vice president and general merchandise manager for women's apparel. "The line allows customers to show their love for the film by creating a whole look with pieces from the collection or combining with other merchandise to create a unique look of their own."
Beginning July 23, customers can count down to the premiere of The Twilight Saga: New Moon at nordstrom.com/newmoon. Nordstrom stores will host kick-off events in November for customers to celebrate the film, including advance screening parties.
Nordstrom, Inc. is one of the nation's leading fashion specialty retailers, with pendants 175 stores located in 28 states. Founded in 1901 as a shoe store in Seattle, today Nordstrom operates 111 full-line stores, 61 Nordstrom Racks, two Jeffrey boutiques and one clearance store. Nordstrom also serves customers through its online presence at www.nordstrom.com and through its catalogs. Nordstrom, Inc. is publicly traded on the NYSE under the symbol JWN.
Summit Entertainment is a worldwide theatrical motion picture development, financing, production and distribution studio. The studio handles all aspects of marketing and distribution for both its own internally developed motion pictures as well as acquired pictures. Summit Entertainment, LLC also represents international sales for both its own slate and third party product. Summit Entertainment, LLC plans to release 10 to 12 films annually.
‘Bachelorette’ boosts jewelry sales
Brooke Mortensen and her family gathered around the television on July 13 to watch ABC's "The Bachelorette." Sure, they were interested in which guy Jillian Harris might choose as her true love, but they were far more interested in the choice of jewelry around the reality star's neck.
During the July 13 episode, Harris wore a silver and turquoise pendant, stamped with the letter "J." The jewelry was handmade by Mortensen, of North Ogden.
"It was pretty exciting, and just a little bit surreal," Mortensen said of seeing her work on television. "It got a lot of good airtime, because on one of her dates, she wore it the whole time."
Mortensen says she was a little disappointed the initial wasn't shown close enough to be read, but she's pleased overall.
"It's been insane," she said of the number of jewelry orders she's received because of exposure on the show. "My head is spinning, but in a good way."
Trendsetter
Mortensen's mother, Terry Eagleston of Huntsville, says her daughter has always loved Tiffany jewellery jewelry.
"When she was 18 months old, she'd go into stores in the mall and I'd always find her at the jewelry, looking at big colorful earrings and stuff," Eagleston said, adding. "She was always starting trends in school."
Mortensen wasn't a "crafty" youngster, but knew what she wanted -- and if she couldn't find it, she'd try to make it.
"I've always had ideas," she said. "Before a lot of different colors of nail polish came out, I was putting food coloring into white nail polish."
So when her parents gave her a pendant as a gift, she did what came naturally.
"I knew that I wanted to change it, and make it my own and, to me, better," she said.
She began experimenting with metals and techniques, creating the jewelry she now sells.
Perfectly imperfect
Mortensen sells some jewelry at local shows, but mostly through Etsy, an online shop for handcrafted items.
Each of the pendants is made from melted metal, stamped with an initial or design, painted and buffed.
No two pendants are alike. Mortensen likens the pendants to the people who wear them.
"No one is perfect, but we are all beautiful. These pendants give the feeling of being beautiful, unique and rough around the edges at the same time," she states Web site, www.RitzyMisfit.etsy.com. "My work reflects the wonderful, flawed idiosyncrasies in us all."
Customers choose the level of flaws, or "character," in their pendant, from almost perfect and round to quite uneven. Buyers also get to choose the color, and how much paint is used.
"They have no idea what it's going to look like until they get it, but they like it because the time and care I put into it shows," Mortensen said. "I don't send it out if I don't love it."
Prime time
Mortensen says a lot of customers request a pendant "just like Jillian's."
The connection with "The Bachelorette" came about when a customer contacted Mortensen because she'd lost her pendant and wanted a replacement.
"I told her I would send her one for my cost. I would think that normally that was not a very smart business move, but it turned out that she was a costume designer," said Mortensen.
The designer offered to show Harris the Ritzy Misfit Web site.
"Twenty minutes later, I got an e-mail saying Jillian loved it," said Mortensen.
Mortensen won't give out the name of the designer, saying she doesn't want to be a bother. The show's stylist, Cary Fetman, confirmed the use of Mortensen's pendants.
"I was thrilled to see a collection of pieces that Brooke had sent for me to preview while we were shooting. She was sweet enough to include several of her favorite pieces, and I loved them," Fetman said in an e-mail to the Standard-Examiner. "I couldn't wait to have Jillian wear her necklace while we were in Hawaii."
Mortensen says she's flattered, and grateful for the boost to her business.
A mother of two young children, Mortensen says she makes her kids her first priority. But when the kids are napping or playing in their rooms, she's working on jewelry to fill orders.
"Just in my Etsy shop, I've sold almost 500 in the last couple of months," she said. "I do work Money Clip very hard. If somebody worked any other job this many hours, they'd be making a lot of money. But I'm proud to be able to pay a lot of my bills, and not have to ask my husband for money."
Self-expression
Mortensen likes the independence her business gives her, and also the opportunity to be creative.
"I'm trying to introduce my pieces into other pieces of jewelry, like bracelets," she said. "I haven't had much time to stretch my creativity muscles, but I have to do that or else I'll get bored."
She'll soon be offering pendants with a ribbon stamped into the surface. Customers will be able to specify the color on the ribbon, from yellow to show support of U.S. troops to pink for breast cancer research.
"I'm excited about that, because I really think people like to represent things they care about," Mortensen said.
Mortensen will be selling her jewelry at Mindy Mae's Market, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Aug. 7 and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 8, at Destination Homes, 3377 N. 1375 West, Pleasant View.
DVDs, jewelry among items couple stole, police say
There were mattresses and large flat-screen televisions, lots of Tiffany jewelry, including diamond rings and a necklace with a cross, pink flip-flops, ruby sandals, a Pilates fitness kit, the "Kill Bill" movies, and the first two seasons of "King of the Hill."
These were the things Robert Lee Reece Jr., 39, and Christine Elaine Green, 28, bought with other people's money, Beach police said Thursday.
Reece and Green, a commonlaw couple who lived at 1616 Allison Ave., were arrested Thursday and face bangles charges of burglary, theft and dealing in stolen property, said Maj. David Humphreys. The duo stole purses out of shopping carts and vehicles, used checks and credit cards to buy gift cards, then used the gift cards to buy their loot, which also included two paintings of empty chairs sitting on sandy white beaches, Humphreys said.
The couple recently was caught on video stealing a purse from a shopping cart at discount retailer T.J. Maxx, officials said. The release of surveillance video by the Panama City Police Department and subsequent media coverage led to a tip that helped police solve the crimes, officials said. The couple was captured on security video at multiple locations using the stolen credit cards, police said.
ReeceandGreenstillwerebeing processed Thursday afternoon, and investigators are trying to determine just how many and what kind of charges rings they will face, Humphreys said. He added they were being somewhat cooperative with the investigation.
Humphreys urged local residents to be careful with their purses and other property.
"Don't make it easy for them," he said. "We're not sleepyville anymore."
The Total Domestic Demand for the U.S. Jewelry Except Costume Manufacturing Industry in 2008 Was $9.9 Billion USD Says This Q3 2009 Edition
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Robbers hit Lloyd’s jewelry store at Town East Mall in Mesquite
Authorities are investigating a second brazen robbery involving a Tiffany jewellery store in North Texas.
Two gunmen entered the Lloyd's Jewelers at Town East Mall about 6 p.m. Thursday. One robber pointed a handgun at an employee and ordered him to the floor, Mesquite police said. It was not immediately known whether the employee was injured or whether other people were in the store.
The robbers then filled a gym bag with Money Clip jewelry before fleeing. Police did not provide details about what was taken.
Police are searching for a black man who is about 6 feet, 2 inches tall and weighs about 230 pounds. The man, who is believed to be in his mid-20s, was wearing a long-sleeved orange, black and white shirt. He was also wearing black shorts, a baseball hat and sunglasses. He had multiple tattoos on both arms and had a small, black handgun.
A detailed description of the second guman was not available. Anyone with information was asked to call Mesquite police at 972-216-6759.
On Wednesday, three robbers wearing bandanas on their faces attacked two vendors outside a Plano jewelry store at a shopping complex around lunchtime.
The incident took place in the parking lot outside Jailin Jewelers in the 4000 block of Preston Road.
Plano police said the two vendors were in their vehicle when a brand new black Nissan with paper license plates pulled up behind them. The robbers ran up to them, displayed weapons, broke out the windows and pulled out the men. The robbers demanded money and pendants jewelry.
The two vendors received non-life threatning injuries, and the three robbers fled the scene.
Anyone with information was asked to call Plano police at 972-941-2148.
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USPTO Issues Trademark HECHO LATINO to Hecho Latino for Jewelry
The trademark application (serial number 77239241) was filed on July 26, 2007 and was registered on Aug. 11.
The goods & services for which registration was sought are " Tiffany jewellery, namely, bracelets and necklaces; Clothing, namely, hats, caps, visors, shirts, t-shirts, tank-tops, knit tops, woven tops, halter tops, swimwear, underwear, boxer shorts, dresses, skirts, belts, footwear, sweaters, vests, scarves and ties; Retail store services, on-line retail store services and mail order catalog services featuring clothing and jewelry". For more information about US Fed News trademarks please contact: Sarabjit Jagirdar, US Fed News, Email:- htsyndication@hindustantimes.com.
Televangelist indicted in $3 million jewelry fraud scheme
Preet Bharara, the newly confirmed U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced Aug. 18 that Samuel Solanky, aka "Samee Solanky," was indicted on charges of wire fraud for allegedly stealing approximately $3 million from victims in a phony Tiffany jewellery business scheme.
The 62-year-old pastor used to host a religious cable TV show, "Vandana." At various times he used the business names "Gems of the Bible," "South Asian Gospel" or "India at Our Doorsteps."
The indictment, which was filed in White Plains federal court, alleges Solanky used religious organizations with which he was associated to solicit victims to invest in his purported jewelry business. He is charged with one count of wire fraud.
Solanky could either plead guilty or the case could go to trial, a spokesperson told News India Times on condition of anonymity. While the case is pending, his property or home cannot be taken away, the official said. The U.S. attorney's office refused to provide a picture of Solanky.
In both conversations and written communications, Solanky lured investors by promising them he would use their investments to purchase gemstones in India that would be sold to jewelers in the United States and fetch investors 100 percent returns in a matter of months. He carried out the alleged fraud over 2005-08, the indictment said. Investors, at various times, sent him amounts ranging from $20,000 to $70,000, it revealed.
"In fact, Solanky did not operate a jewelry business but rather diverted the victims' money for his own use," said the indictment, a copy of which was provided to News India Times. Several times, he diverted investments to foreign entities, the indictment said, while he created and provided falsified bank accounts.
Though he made several pay- ments to some of the victims to induce them to invest additional funds with him, a majority rings received no money at all or checks that bounced or to which he stopped payment.
"In total, Solanky stole approximately $3 million from victims through his fraudulent scheme," a release from the U.S. attorney's office said.
If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. Ue also faces a maximum fine of $250,000 or twice the gross gain resulting from the offense, and forfeiting whatever gains he made.Solanky was scheduled to be arraigned Aug. 26,in White Plains federal court.