“People have to be separated after wedding reception fight: Avon Lake Police Blotter - Cleveland Plain Dealer” plus 1 more

People have to be separated after wedding reception fight: Avon Lake Police Blotter - Cleveland Plain Dealer

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 11:25 AM PDT

Published: Thursday, August 26, 2010, 2:24 PM

AVON LAKE

ASSAULT, MILLER ROAD: Subjects were separated during a fight that broke out during a wedding reception Saturday night at the Fountain Bleau Event Center. One party left the event afterwards.

BURGLARY, CARRIAGE LANE: Cash, jewelry and electronics were targeted in a Aug. 16 burglary. Avon's K9 unit tracked the burglar into the woods behind the home, but was unable to located anyone; there are no suspects.

ASSIST, LAKE ROAD: Cops were called on a 39-year-old man who was staying with his father at BeachPark Tower Apartments, a retirement community. Police said the extremely intoxicated and barely responsive man was taken to St. John Medical Center to be treated.

CRIMINAL DAMAGE, MOORE ROAD: A 17-year-old male is being charged with trespassing on Village on the Green property and is suspected of smashing in the back window of a 2009 Ford Focus, breaking off its side-view mirrors and smashing its windshield on Aug. 18. He also shoved a Bay Village girl before police drove them home across the county line.

DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, MOORE ROAD: A Lawn Tech lawn care employee called police on Sunday morning after discovering that someone tried to rip off part of their fence with a chain attached to a vehicle sometime during the night. They requested extra patrols of the area.

MENACING, LAKE ROAD: A man stopped by the police station on Aug. 19 to report he'd been threatened by his girlfriend's father.

ASSIST, WALKER ROAD: The fire department responded to Giant Eagle after a store manager evacuated the premises. Though the store was smoky, firefighters found fault with an HVAC ventilation system, a problem which was quickly remedied.

ACCIDENT, WALKER ROAD: After a kid was yelled at for riding his bike into a car that pulled out in front of him he called police and made a report. The boy was later taken treated by paramedics for leg pain.

THEFT, AVONDALE AVENUE: Someone stole copper from a substation recently. It was reported missing Friday.

FRAUD, COMMUNITY DRIVE: A resident received a fraudulent call recently that they won the lottery on Aug. 16.

MISSING JUVENILE, CRESTWOOD DRIVE: After a woman reported her 15-year-old daughter missing Saturday, she told police she found the girl hiding in the crawlspace of their home. Officers showed up at the home to try to convince the girl to come out.

HIT SKIP, WALKER ROAD: A caller reported a hit and skip incident that took place in the Giant Eagle parking lot on Aug. 17.

THEFT FROM AUTO, CRESTWOOD DRIVE: After a resident reported three juveniles were possibly entering cars at about 3 a.m. Monday, police started pursuing fleeing suspects. Officers picked up one of the suspects and released him to his parents.

THEFT FROM AUTO, CANTERBURY ROAD: A small bag of change was reported stolen from an unlocked car at 7 a.m. Monday morning. Two other vehicles were reported entered on Aug. 16.

DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, SOUTH POINT DRIVE: A caller reported damage to vehicles due to numerous potholes in their neighborhood. Police responded by photographing the road.

CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, DORCHESTER DRIVE: A woman called police a half hour after her home was toilet papered on Aug. 19.

WARRANTS, MOORE ROAD: Avon Lake police assisted Sheffield Lake officers pick someone up on a warrant Friday. Another subject wanted by Sheffield Lake was arrested in the Avon Lake Police Station lobby at 9 a.m. Aug. 19.

THEFT, JAYCOD ROAD: A redline bike with skinny tires and a speedometer was reported stolen Sunday.

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How to sell your gold and diamond jewelry - Orlando Sentinel

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 12:55 AM PDT

All you need to do is turn on the television, listen to the radio or walk past a jewelry mall to know. "The scrap jewelry market is huge, huge, huge," says Reyne Haines, an appraiser who specializes in 20th century decorative arts.

Have an old wedding band or other valuable piece cluttering up your jewelry box?

We asked Haines for her advice on how to appraise, consign, sell it on your own or mail it in to one of the many gold-buying companies that have sprung up out of the ether in recent months.

What if you don't even know what you've got? How can you tell that your jewelry is real?

If you don't know and you're looking to sell these things yourself, there are gold testers and diamond testers you can buy on the Internet. There are also scales so you can weigh things. Gold is going to be marked. Depending on what karat it is, it should be a certain color and weight.

There's no easy way for me to tell you how to tell a diamond from a fake. A diamond tester is the best place to start. The diamond tester won't tell you the clarity or the color, but it will get you started. The smaller diamonds, the clarity and the color don't matter so much because they're small. It starts to make a difference when you're taking about diamonds that are a carat or more.

Is it a good idea to hire an appraiser?

Let's say you inherited your grandmother's really nice watch loaded with diamonds. If it's what looks like a great piece or is big in size of diamonds, you might want to contact a local appraiser. Don't tell them you want insurance value, because insurance value is inflated. Tell them you want to know the current resale price of your item: What should I expect to get for it if I sell it today? You need to spend whatever the cost is to have it appraised so you're clear on what it is you're selling.

What you want to do if you're selling it on your own is make sure you have all the factual information about that item up front. Find out the color of the stone, the carat weight, what kind of gold it is, what period it was made, and you can try to sell it on your own online at a place like EBay or Craigslist. I would always try that route before I would go to a dealer.

How do you find a good appraiser?

Sometimes appraisers are generalists. If you're looking to have jewelry appraised and you go to somebody that specializes in jewelry, you shouldn't have a problem with it not being appraised correctly.

What about consigning a piece to a dealer?

It would be best to go to the Internet and reach out to people who specialize in estate jewelry to see if they'll take your piece on consignment. If they take your piece, they're going to go after the most money for you because the more they make for you, the more they make themselves. With my shops, I take things valued at $500 and more.

So many companies are popping up to take our unwanted gold jewelry off our hands, how do you know which will give you the best value?

They're businesses, and they have to make a profit, so they're going to pay a wholesale price, not a retail price. My best suggestion is that you go on the Internet and find out what gold is trading for so you know what it's worth.

susan.carpenter@latimes.com

Wedding Jewelry

Thursday, August 26, 2010