{"id":144357,"date":"2026-02-05T04:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T04:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/144357\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T04:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T04:51:09","slug":"man-arrested-in-45k-st-pete-jewelry-heist-a-second-suspect-remains-at-large-sppd-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/144357\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested in $45K St. Pete jewelry heist; a second suspect remains at large, SPPD says"},"content":{"rendered":"

“The burglars stole about $45,000 in jewelry and a gun,” detectives said.<\/p>\n

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2014 After a local jewelry store was burglarized in St. Pete<\/a>, police say they have arrested one person, and another suspect remains at large.<\/p>\n

The St. Pete Police Department said Wednesday that Savon Hunter, 32, was arrested for allegedly being involved in the burglary of Old Northeast Jewelers, located at 1131 4th Street North<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to detectives, during the early morning of Jan. 28, Hunter, along with another suspect, broke into the store when it was closed through the back door using a hammer.<\/p>\n

“The burglars stole about $45,000 in jewelry and a gun,” detectives said, adding that Hunter was located and arrested Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Hunter is now facing several charges for his alleged involvement in the burglary, including: “armed burglary, dealing in stolen property, false verification of ownership, possession of a controlled substance (crack cocaine), and driving with a suspended license with knowledge.”<\/p>\n

Detectives note that the second suspect remains at large and urge anyone in the public with information to contact the St. Pete Police Department at 727-893-7780 or by texting SPPD along with information to TIP411.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“The burglars stole about $45,000 in jewelry and a gun,” detectives said. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2014 After a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":{"0":"post-144357","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-petersburg","8":"tag-st-pete","9":"tag-st-pete-headlines","10":"tag-st-pete-news","11":"tag-st-petersburg","12":"tag-st-petersburg-headlines","13":"tag-st-petersburg-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144357","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=144357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}