{"id":312000,"date":"2026-05-12T14:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T14:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/312000\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T14:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T14:00:10","slug":"thieves-break-into-sacramento-flower-vending-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/312000\/","title":{"rendered":"Thieves break into Sacramento flower vending machine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vendingtimes.com\/topics\/vending\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vending<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/nmgprod.s3.amazonaws.com\/media\/file\/d5\/73\/8c716df538e437030af6e7b66e6b\/cover_image__5oQHYEYM__Bouquet_of_flowers.jpg.1600x900_q85_crop_upscale.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Adobe Stock<\/p>\n<p class=\"mute fs-sr mt-3\">May 12, 2026<\/p>\n<p>A flower vending machine operated by Everest Flowers and Gifts in Sacramento, California, was damaged during a break-in on the Saturday before Mother&#8217;s Day, according to an ABC 10 News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc10.com\/article\/news\/local\/sacramento\/break-in-causes-1500-in-damage-to-sacramento-flower-shop-ahead-of-mothers-day\/103-01a4b679-7fc9-480e-8c61-58f5650582fe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">report<\/a>, with the shop estimating roughly $1,500 in losses. Owner Daniel Lapatski said the machine, believed to be among the first flower vending machines in the Sacramento area, was vandalized after a suspect shattered the glass and stole a single bouquet of flowers.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Sacramento County Sheriff&#8217;s Office, the theft was reported around 8:15 a.m. Surveillance footage reportedly showed a suspect in a white hoodie kicking the machine before removing the bouquet, while another individual stood nearby. Lapatski said the custom-built machine sustained major damage, including a broken door that may take weeks to replace.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vending Photo: Adobe Stock May 12, 2026 A flower vending machine operated by Everest Flowers and Gifts in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312001,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-312000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}