\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA frightening new detail in a Cape Coral jewelry store robbery: someone was tied up inside, and police still haven\u2019t said if they know who\u2019s responsible.The owner of Tio Jewelers says the victim was working at the store Tuesday morning, and told Gulf Coast News they are doing okay now.The Cape Coral Police Department confirmed Wednesday they are investigating the case at the plaza off Pine Island Road as an armed robbery. They said multiple agencies are now involved in the investigation.So far, though, police haven\u2019t released a suspect description, any surveillance images, or confirmed whether they know who was behind the heist.Construction crews spent Wednesday repairing a hole inside the women’s bathroom of the vacant business next door to Tio Jewelers. According to state records, the space used to Jumbo Bucks Arcade, but the business closed in October 2025. \u201cIt does look like something out of Ocean\u2019s 11,\u201d said Dominic Cordisco, who owns a pharmacy across the back alley. \u201cIt seems pretty elaborate. They definitely had to of scoped that unit out to know that they had a shared wall there.\u201dMegan Panagopoulos works at the pet store next to the plaza and says she\u2019s uneasy knowing there\u2019s no arrest.\u201cMy daughter goes to dance class next door five nights a week,\u201d she said. \u201c So that\u2019s kind of scary, especially not knowing who did this.\u201dCape Coral police say the investigation is active and moving quickly, but haven\u2019t confirmed any arrests or suspect leads as of Wednesday afternoon.Tio Jewelers has a sign on the door that reads “Closed until further notice,” but the owner says they will reopen the business once things settle down and increased safety measures are in place.DOWNLOAD\u202fthe free\u202fGulf Coast News app\u202ffor your latest news and alerts on breaking news, weather, sports, entertainment, and more on your phone or tablet. And check out the Very Local Gulf Coast app to stream news, entertainment and original programming on your TV.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\tCAPE CORAL, Fla. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
A frightening new detail in a Cape Coral jewelry store robbery: someone was tied up inside, and police still haven\u2019t said if they know who\u2019s responsible.<\/p>\n
The owner of Tio Jewelers says the victim was working at the store Tuesday morning, and told Gulf Coast News they are doing okay now.<\/p>\n
The Cape Coral Police Department confirmed Wednesday they are investigating the case<\/a> at the plaza off Pine Island Road as an armed robbery. They said multiple agencies are now involved in the investigation.<\/p>\n So far, though, police haven\u2019t released a suspect description, any surveillance images, or confirmed whether they know who was behind the heist.<\/p>\n Construction crews spent Wednesday repairing a hole inside the women’s bathroom of the vacant business next door to Tio Jewelers. According to state records, the space used to Jumbo Bucks Arcade, but the business closed in October 2025. <\/p>\n \u201cIt does look like something out of Ocean\u2019s 11,\u201d said Dominic Cordisco, who owns a pharmacy across the back alley. \u201cIt seems pretty elaborate. They definitely had to of scoped that unit out to know that they had a shared wall there.\u201d<\/p>\n Megan Panagopoulos works at the pet store next to the plaza and says she\u2019s uneasy knowing there\u2019s no arrest.<\/p>\n \u201cMy daughter goes to dance class next door five nights a week,\u201d she said. \u201c So that\u2019s kind of scary, especially not knowing who did this.\u201d<\/p>\n Cape Coral police say the investigation is active and moving quickly, but haven\u2019t confirmed any arrests or suspect leads as of Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n Tio Jewelers has a sign on the door that reads “Closed until further notice,” but the owner says they will reopen the business once things settle down and increased safety measures are in place.<\/p>\n DOWNLOAD\u202fthe free\u202fGulf Coast News app<\/a>\u202ffor your latest news and alerts on breaking news, weather, sports, entertainment, and more on your phone or tablet. And check out the Very Local Gulf Coast app<\/a> to stream news, entertainment and original programming on your TV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A frightening new detail in a Cape Coral jewelry store robbery: someone was tied up inside, and police…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110005,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[692,558,209,211,210,4469,104,56247,4329,213,8075,13517,285,56246,23771,221,2486,14457],"class_list":["post-110004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-arrest","tag-business","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-cape-coral-police-department","tag-entertainment","tag-florida-jewelry-store-robbery","tag-gulf-coast-news","tag-late-news","tag-owner","tag-plaza","tag-suspect","tag-tio-jewelers","tag-wall","tag-weather","tag-wednesday","tag-worker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}