{"id":108446,"date":"2026-01-07T01:39:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T01:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/108446\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T01:39:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T01:39:15","slug":"st-petersburgs-pepper-spray-robbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/108446\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Petersburg\u2019s \u2018Pepper Spray Robbers\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/\">WWSB<\/a>) &#8211; Two masked suspects pepper-sprayed employees during a robbery at a CVS pharmacy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The robbery occurred Jan. 5, around 11:45 p.m. at the CVS located at 301 Third Street South.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">St. Petersburg Police Department (SPPD) believe that the suspects are also connected to a series of robberies at other stores in the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">According to police, the two individuals entered the store wearing face masks. One suspect forced their way behind the counter and pushed a store clerk, while the second sprayed the clerk in the face with a substance believed to be pepper spray. A second employee who attempted to intervene was also sprayed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/2026\/01\/05\/two-arrested-following-an-armed-robbery-bradenton-grocery-store\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/2026\/01\/05\/two-arrested-following-an-armed-robbery-bradenton-grocery-store\/\">Two arrested following an armed robbery at Bradenton grocery store<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The suspects allegedly fled the store on foot with more than $1,000 worth of merchandise, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">According to SPPD, both suspects are described as possibly in their 20s with long black braids and wearing blue surgical masks. One suspect was wearing a long-sleeved gray sweatshirt, black joggers with white stripes, and tan Ugg-style boots. The second suspect was wearing a long-sleeved white top with small red hearts, black joggers and sandals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">No serious injuries were reported. The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">SPPD ask that if anyone has information about the robbery to contact the police department at 727-893-7780 or text SPPD and your tip to TIP411.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 WWSB. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WWSB) &#8211; Two masked suspects pepper-sprayed employees during a robbery at a CVS pharmacy. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108447,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[55548,55421,55550,202,204,203,199,52305,201,200,55549],"class_list":{"0":"post-108446","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-petersburg","8":"tag-cvs","9":"tag-pepper-spray","10":"tag-pharmacy","11":"tag-st-pete","12":"tag-st-pete-headlines","13":"tag-st-pete-news","14":"tag-st-petersburg","15":"tag-st-petersburg-crime","16":"tag-st-petersburg-headlines","17":"tag-st-petersburg-news","18":"tag-st-petersburg-pharmacy"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}