{"id":144527,"date":"2026-02-05T09:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T09:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/144527\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T09:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T09:27:11","slug":"man-arrested-in-45k-st-pete-jewelry-heist-a-second-suspect-remains-at-large-sppd-says-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/144527\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested in $45K St. Pete jewelry heist; a second suspect remains at large, SPPD says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After a local jewelry store was burglarized in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtsp.com\/article\/news\/crime\/cvs-st-pete-robbery-pepper-spray-suspects\/67-1df136ca-6dfd-4c16-a2a5-d43a14519cc9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:St. Pete;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">St. Pete<\/a>, police say they have arrested one person, and another suspect remains at large.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/1131+4th+St+N,+St.+Petersburg,+FL+33701\/@27.7837915,-82.6408878,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x88c2e17a65605873:0x7efa06aeabec570a!8m2!3d27.7837915!4d-82.6383075!16s%252Fg%252F11c4pc1kry?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDIwMS4wIKXMDSoKLDEwMDc5MjA2OUgBUAM%253D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:1131 4th Street North;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">1131 4th Street North<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The burglars stole about $45,000 in jewelry and a gun,&#8221; detectives said, adding that Hunter was located and arrested Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hunter is now facing several charges for his alleged involvement in the burglary, including: &#8220;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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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":"After a local jewelry store was burglarized in St. Pete, police say they have arrested one person, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144528,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[70058,69883,202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-144527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-jewelry-store","tag-savon-hunter","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144527","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=144527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}