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You could call them a saving grace. One type of business was deemed essential at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic that helped families living paycheck to paycheck – pawnshops."This is actually our history," Andrew Charbonneau said as he showed off an Edison cylinder phonograph at his shop, Palm Beach Pawn King in North Palm Beach, Florida. Typically searching for precious antiques, Charbonneau said this year, treasure hunting took a backseat in the pawnshop industry."I think we're all in a situation we're not used to, so everybody is doing what we call [to survive]," said Charbonneau, who also owns two other pawnshops, American Gun and Pawn in West Palm Beach and Andrew's Coin and Jewelry in Delray Beach.Across his three shops, Charbonneau saw firsthand what the lockdown in March did to local families."We had a lot of nervous individuals that have never pawned before in their life, and they were in a situation where they had nowhere to go, no other avenues to obtain cash," he said.Some bank branches were temporarily closed, hours reduced in others, but those in the pawning business were open."The essential aspect of what we do was very important for the community because the bank will not lend you on your cellphone, won't lend you on your computer," said Charbonneau.The COVID-19 pandemic put thousands of people in Palm Beach County out of work.According to statistics from the state Department of Economic Opportunity, the city hit hardest was Boynton Beach. In just 30 days, the unemployment rate increased from 4.7 in March to 17.5 in April."They would come in and say, 'I lost my job because of the pandemic,'" said Bobby Gloyd, an employee at G & C Pawn Shop in Boynton Beach.Unemployment rates from the state show Delray Beach had the second-highest increase in unemployment within Palm Beach County, going from 4.2 unemployment rate in March to 15.4 in April. Riviera Beach was the third, jumping from a 5.5 unemployment rate in March to 15.1 the next month.Gloyd said that people pawn the items that hold the most value to pay their mortgages and rent."Gold is always good. It's easier to sell and also has a lot of value," said Gloyd."Family heirlooms, anything jewelry related that has emotionally passed down value, meaning sentimental value. We did see a lot of that. It wasn't so much about selling. They were still nervous about losing it because they didn't know if they'd ever be able to pick it back up," said Charbonneau.When those stimulus and unemployment checks did start coming through, pawnshops say business shifted to sales. They were selling laptops, gaming systems, anything that could help people get through quarantine."Everybody was looking for laptops, I guess when the kids were being homeschooled," said Gloyd."PS4 was one of the big things. If I had 500 of them, [they] would have sold within a week, at the time period," added Charbonneau.Musical instruments, tools for home improvements were all among the hot commodities. And then there were items people couldn't find at retail stores."Bike sales were very, very high. I would say that was a 75%-plus increase. Work out equipment again; we're not used to selling that. It usually sits on the shelves, so there was a lot of increases in fields that I would never project in the future will be the same,” said Charbonneau.Most pawnshop owners said people not only came back for their pawned items when they got their stimulus checks, but they also bought more."iPad air: a lot of people were looking for that," said Charbonneau."The newest thing is like sneakers. ... They've been probably easier to sell than tools. It's nuts," added Gloyd.With 2020 coming to an end, pawnshop owners like Charbonneau, who have been in the business for 40 plus years, say they could have never predicted business trends this year. And, with a third wave of COVID-19 in motion, they don't expect to know what the holiday season will be like."There is no way anyone can predict how this Christmas season is going to unfold," said Charbonneau.This story was originally published by Michelle Quesada at WPTV. 4109

-- and loudly trumpeted -- with the young despotic leader remains intact, the President insisted.And the summit ended amicably, without either man storming away."It was a very friendly walk," Trump said.'Closer'Still, the absence of a joint agreement reflects an anticlimax for a summit event Trump had hoped would prove naysayers of his diplomacy wrong.He conceded that US and North Korean officials remain at odds about the precise definition of denuclearization, which is the ostensible goal of his efforts."He has a certain vision and it's not exactly our vision, but it's a lot closer than it was a year ago and I think eventually we'll get there," Trump said.And he described Kim as singularly focused on ending the sanctions that have crippled his economy and helped bring him to the negotiating table in the first place.Trump said Kim had offered to begin dismantling the Yongbyon nuclear facility, a step that would have amounted to a major concession. But it wasn't enough, Trump said, alluding to additional sites that comprise what is a deeply secretive nuclear program."We asked him to do more and he was unprepared to do that," said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who joined Trump on stage for the duration of the news conference. "Everyone had hoped we could do just a little bit better."US and North Korean negotiators had been in Hanoi for days drafting language of a joint agreement ahead of the talks, and the ceremony was listed on a version of the President's public schedule released Wednesday evening. Stephen Biegun, the President's North Korea envoy, arrived several days before Trump to seal the document.During an expanded session with aides, Trump and Kim discussed the prospect of opening a US office in Pyongyang, North Korea's capital. Kim said he would welcome the idea, and Trump deemed it a "good idea."Yet afterward, it appeared the chances for that -- along with any other concessions or agreements -- were dashed, even as the White House insisted the talks were productive.The two leaders departed the Metropole, the French-colonial hotel where the talks unfolded, around 1:30 p.m. local time, roughly four-and-a-half hours after the talks began.They also left without participating in a working lunch, even as chefs had been preparing plates of foie gras and snow fish.Lowered expectationsIf the day ended without a triumphant finish, there were extraordinary moments peppered throughout the day.In unprecedented back-and-forth exchanges with journalists, Kim insisted he was open to denuclearization, though didn't say what he believed that meant.It's believed to be the first time Kim has answered a question from a foreign journalist, a landmark event for the iron-fisted dictator."If I'm not willing to do that I won't be here right now," he said through an interpreter.Kim, for his part, also expressed cautious optimism earlier in the day that a deal would eventually be struck. But he did not suggest such an accord would come soon."It's too early to say," he said in response to a foreign journalist's shouted question. "From what I feel right now, I do have a feeling that good results will come out."He again responded to journalists later in the day, albeit somewhat begrudgingly.The two leaders went back-and-forth over the prospect of exchanging liaison officers -- a low level diplomatic partnership -- after the issue was raised by a journalist.Initially, Kim seemed to reject the question, proposing to Trump that the media be excused from the room. But Trump seemed to goad him to answer, saying it was a good question."I would like to hear that answer," Trump said.Kim responded through his interpreter, saying it would be something that was "welcome-able."Trump expressed a similar sentiment: "I actually think it's a good idea."Kim added it would be better for Trump and him to discuss it together in private.Trump's dual objectivesTrump was 3902

after a deputy found a live one in a cooler during a traffic stop.Christopher Lacey, 28, was arrested Tuesday morning in Punta Gorda, Florida.According to a Charlotte County Sheriff's Office report, a deputy pulled over a white pickup truck just after 9 a.m. The deputy says Lacey was standing in the truck bed while the truck was in motion.The truck's driver gave the deputy permission to search the vehicle, and when the deputy opened a cooler in the truck bed, he saw a small live alligator inside. Lacey admitted to catching the reptile in a ditch.The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission took possession of the alligator to release it properly. Lacey was booked into the Charlotte County Jail.This story was originally published on 755

-- engaging in sex acts on hidden surveillance cameras, police say."It was clear to us that this was a trafficking case because of the circumstances I enumerated: They're not leaving, they're there 24 hours a day, the hygiene was minimal at best, just a bathroom," Martin County Sheriff William Snyder said. "So we took it upon ourselves to not do what could be the easy way out ... and we turned it into a trafficking case."Not only did it appear women were living there, he said, but they were cooking on the back steps of the spa and sleeping on the very massage tables where the johns had done their deeds.There were other worrying signs, Snyder said. The women didn't have access to transportation, they were moved from location to location and some were averaging as many as eight clients a day. They worked deep into the night with no days off, the sheriff said.More arrests to comeThough as many as 200 alleged johns have been or will be arrested and police have seized at least million in assets, Snyder called the investigation "the tip of the tip of the iceberg." What's been made public is but a fragment of a massive international operation stretching from China to New York to Florida's Treasure Coast, the name given to the Atlantic side of the peninsula.Despite the broad range of people apparently involved -- and the likelihood some will face charges far harsher than solicitation of prostitution -- Snyder singled out the johns, many of whom are married or have children, as especially culpable in sex trafficking."Is it the suspect we watched at Palm Beach International Airport with a picture of a young Asian woman that he would meet, that we would see in a very short period of time at a massage parlor involved in this?" he asked."I would contend today that it's the men in the shadows that are the monsters in this equation. And without moralizing, none of this would happen if those men were not availing themselves and participating in this human misery," he continued. "Wherever you find end users who will use this, you will find these spas."Refusing to call the women prostitutes, Snyder said the victimized women were coerced, lured to the United States with promises of work as housekeepers or waiters, only to have their passports snatched away once they arrived stateside."The problem with these cases is that the coercion is so subtle sometimes that it's impossible for us to uncover," he said. "The coercion is not that they're at gunpoint. The coercion is more subtle, nuanced and more difficult to discern. They may have loved ones in China and they're afraid if they cooperate. They look at the police here as their enemy."Bust fits a scriptExperts say some aspects of the Jupiter case are textbook human trafficking. Owners or groups may operate multiple spas, according to Polaris, which works to combat slavery and estimates there are at least 7,000 such businesses in the United States. In the Jupiter case, Snyder said, officers executed search warrants on four Florida spas suspected of links to Orchids of Asia.The victims work and live in locations with high security -- possibly including opaque windows, bars or boards over the windows, barbed wire and security cameras -- and may show outward signs of abuse, poor hygiene, malnourishment or fatigue, Polaris says.Pressed for details on their lives, the women, typically Chinese or South Korean, may say they're visiting or not know their home address, have little knowledge about the city they're in, lack a sense of time or provide scripted, inconsistent stories, according to Polaris.The women are often young or middle-aged, underpaid or unpaid, have few or no possessions, work long hours without breaks and are recruited through false promises and manipulation, the organization says.Contrary to beliefs the women are abducted and forced into sex work, Martina Vandenberg, founder of the Human Trafficking Legal Center, says most women often enter the sex work industry unwittingly."Most of the people who arrive at US airports who are destined to be trafficking victims have no idea that they're going to be trafficked," she said. "They're coming to the United States for a much better life and they think that they have hit the jackpot by coming to the United States." 4279

with illegally buying body armor and components for the weapon used in the deadly mass shooting on Aug. 4.Ethan Kollie, 24, of Kettering, admitted buying an upper receiver that was attached to Connor Betts's AR-15 and the 100-round double-drum magazine Betts used to kill nine people in the Dayton entertainment district, according to an affidavit.Kollie and Betts allegedly assembled the AR-15 in Kollie's apartment 10 weeks ago, according to U.S. Attorney Benjamin Glassman. Kollie bought the drum 6-8 weeks ago and that's when Betts then took possession of all three components.Kollie's admitted drug use made it illegal to purchase or possess a firearm or components, and Kollie is being charged for lying on federal firearm forms, according to Glassman.Glassman said there is no evidence that Kollie participated in the planning or shooting with Betts.Kollie, who was arrested Friday, said he and Betts did "hard drugs," marijuana and acid together four or five times a week between 2014 and 2015, according to Glassman. Kollie also told FBI agents he smokes marijuana every day and has done so since he was 14, and that he uses psychedelic mushrooms he grows in his residence, Glassman said.Kollie had a concealed carry permit and owned a micro Draco pistol, a Taurus semi-automatic and a .38 Taurus revolver, Glassman said. Agents interviewing Kollie at his apartment said they smelled marijuana and saw a bong and the Draco pistol in plain sight.When agents returned with a search warrant, they said Kollie was carrying the .38 and what they believed was a small amount of marijuana.When purchasing weapons, Kollie checked the "No" box when asked if he used drugs, Glassman said.Kollie said he kept the gun components and body armor he bought for Betts earlier this year because Betts wanted to hide them from his parents, according to Glassman.Glassman and Todd Wickerham, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI office in Cincinnati, announced the charges at a 2 p.m. news conference in Dayton.Glassman said the FBI investigation is continuing and anyone who assisted Betts or had prior knowledge of the attack would face federal charges.Wickerham said the FBI is still examining the cell phone Betts was carrying at the time of the attack.Kollie faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted, Glassman said. 2314