FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) — Three men robbed a Fort Pierce pawn shop Tuesday armed with a firearm and sledgehammer. Just before 9 a.m., officers responded to Value Pawn & Jewelry off South U.S.

Since pawnshops typically offer somewhere between 25% and 60% of an item's resale value, you'll need to pawn an item worth ...

Nearly two years ago, when Evelyn Martinez was forced to take time off from work because of health issues, her biggest fear was losing her job at the Value Pawn & Jewelry store in Kissimmee. But ...

Orderliness is a blessing you leave your children. Which is how I wound up this week in a pawn shop. For the record, I had never been in a pawn shop. I assumed they were for other people: gun traders, ...

Two of Central Florida’s dominant pawn shop chains got their start under the guidance of serial entrepreneur John Thedford — and now he’s back for another round. The 56-year-old who helped build La ...

Pawn shops offer the opportunity to sell goods or take out short-term loans with used merchandise as collateral. They are small businesses by nature because both the items exchanged and the loans paid ...

The founder of Central Florida pawn shop operator Value Financial Services Inc. was named to a position in the Texas firm that is buying the company. Austin-based Ezcorp Inc. (Nasdaq: EZPW), which ...

Police are searching for suspects in a Sanford burglary.A burglary alarm went off at a Value Pawn & Jewelry on Dec. 13, and police responded to the scene.The Sanford Police Department found ...

FORT PIERCE — Three men robbed a pawn shop on U.S. 1 at gunpoint last week and are still on the run, police said. Fort Pierce police are searching for the suspects and are asking for the public’s help ...