Responsible for setting diamonds, melting gold etc. While he was brought back after his temporary suspension, he is only seen a couple of more times for the rest of season 1, and is not seen again from season 2 onwards. However he was sent home for inappropriately kissing an employee.
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Robo, Head of Security (Season 1) In series premiere, he was the long time head of security.It is believed by many of the shows fans that Rich was fired because he was becoming a more popular character on the show than the Gold family thus upstaging them. He returned to the store the next day and apologized, but he was eventually written out of the show and left the pawn shop altogether. Was sent home by Les in a controversial episode for an apparently minor dispute. Rich Pyle, Store Manager (Seasons 1–6).Joe, head of security (Seasons 1–6) arrested then fired for getting caught on camera stealing scrap gold.Byron, security (Season 6 then became head of security in Episode 1 of Season 7 after Joe was caught stealing).Left pawn shop early in 2016 and has since posted in various social media accounts that he feels he was taken advantage of by owner Les Gold. Bobby Janiec ("Bobby J"), store employee.Karen Mitchell, Les' niece, co-manager-jewelry department (Seasons 8–9).Appears occasionally in the background during the first season, but is never seen or mentioned thereafter Lili Gold, Les' wife and office manager.Left the pawn shop after series concluded to start her own online jewelry business Ashley Gold Broad, Les' daughter, co-owner, head of Jewelry department.Over nine seasons, 162 episodes (including the pilots and specials) have aired. Main article: List of Hardcore Pawn episodes The sibling rivalry between her and Seth is a common element of many episodes. Ashley is a co-owner of American Jewelry and has been working there for more than fifteen years, although she took three years off at one point for maternity leave. Les's daughter, Ashley, has a bachelor's degree in business administration from Michigan State University and earned her graduate diamond certification from the Gemological Institute of America. Seth handles the store's marketing division and claims that if it was not for him, the shop's only marketing campaign would be "an ad in the Yellow Pages". Les's only son, Seth, is an alumnus of the University of Michigan and has been a co-owner of American Jewelry since graduating from school. In 2011, American Jewelry expanded to its second location when it acquired Premier Jewelry and Loan in Pontiac the new location was featured in the first few episodes of Hardcore Pawn's fifth season, and in two episodes of the sixth season, where Les's son and co-owner/employee Seth attempts to sell the Pontiac location behind Les's back. Les first opened American Jewelry at the Green Eight Shopping Center on 8 Mile Road in Oak Park in 1978, moving to its present location in 1993. American Jewelry and Loan is owned by Les Gold, a third-generation pawnbroker and businessman, and the grandson of a pawnbroker who once owned Sam's Loans, a now-defunct pawnshop on Michigan Avenue in Detroit.