Wedding set after jeweler’s donation

A local jeweler has given a $6,000 engagement ring to a couple who accidentally lost theirs when the bride-to-be donated pants with the ring hidden inside to the Goodwill store in Lynn Haven. Maharaja’s Fine Jewelry donated the ring to Jacelyn Penton, who has accepted the marriage proposal from longtime boyfriend Corey Todd. Wholesale fashion jewelry store owner Manu Samtani said he was touched after reading a News Herald story about the couple losing their first ring at the Goodwill. “It was very sad,” he said. He said it is gratifying to be able to help out. “When I got robbed in my two stores, the whole community came together for me, so I think it’s a good thing,” he said. “You never know what is ahead of you. You take every day with a smile and when you can help, you help.” It took Corey Todd, who works at Chili’s, three years to save up for the first $6,000 diamond engagement ring and marriage band. In June, he hid the ring in a pair of dress pants in a closet in a guest room of his house that he didn’t use often. He was planning on handing the ring to his longtime girlfriend July 7 when he proposed marriage. He said he was waiting until Penton had finished nursing school. But the pants ended up at the Goodwill store in Lynn Haven. Penton, in an attempt to get rid of clutter in their house, donated the pants with the ring inside its pocket. The ring never showed up after that. A local jeweler has given a $6,000 engagement ring to a couple who accidentally lost theirs when the bride-to-be donated pants with the ring hidden inside to the Goodwill store in Lynn Haven.

Maharaja’s Fine Jewelry donated the ring to Jacelyn Penton, who has accepted the marriage proposal from longtime boyfriend Corey Todd.

Fashion jewelry wholesale store owner Manu Samtani said he was touched after reading a News Herald story about the couple losing their first ring at the Goodwill. “It was very sad,” he said.

He said it is gratifying to be able to help out.

“When I got robbed in my two stores, the whole community came together for me, so I think it’s a good thing,” he said. “You never know what is ahead of you. You take every day with a smile and when you can help, you help.”

It took Corey Todd, who works at Chili’s, three years to save up for the first $6,000 diamond engagement ring and marriage band. In June, he hid the ring in a pair of dress pants in a closet in a guest room of his house that he didn’t use often. He was planning on handing the ring to his longtime girlfriend July 7 when he proposed marriage. He said he was waiting until Penton had finished nursing school.

But the pants ended up at the Goodwill store in Lynn Haven. Penton, in an attempt to get rid of clutter in their house, donated the pants with the ring inside its pocket. The ring never showed up after that.