{"id":130786,"date":"2026-01-24T23:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T23:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/130786\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T23:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T23:42:08","slug":"martin-county-deputies-seek-public-help-to-identify-suspect-in-7-eleven-attempted-robbery-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/130786\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin County deputies seek public help to identify suspect in 7-Eleven attempted robbery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HOBE SOUND, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Deputies are seeking to identify a masked man who got physical with a Hobe Sound 7-Eleven clerk with a metal pole during a failed robbery attempt.<\/p>\n<p>According to an announcement from the Martin County Sheriff&#8217;s Office, at around 2:30 a.m. on Saturday, deputies responded to 7-Eleven at 11835 SE Federal Highway in Hobe Sound after a suspect attempted to rob the store.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies say the situation escalated when the clerk refused to open the cash register. <\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/watch-former-florida-officer-arrested-for-trafficking-fentanyl-volusia-county-sheriffs-office-michael-chitwood-jail-teacher-january-24-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WATCH: Former Florida police officer arrested for trafficking fentanyl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The masked suspect, clad in head-to-toe black, allegedly struck the clerk with a metal pole before fleeing the building and heading south through the parking lot.<\/p>\n<p>MCSO reports that the clerk was startled but uninjured.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect is described by deputies as being a 5&#8217;6&#8243; black man, with a black mask, black jacket, black shorts, and black shoes.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who recognizes the suspect, has information on the incident, or may have seen something suspicious in the area, is urged to contact the detective on the case at 772-343-8373.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOBE SOUND, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Deputies are seeking to identify a masked man who got physical with a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":130720,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-130786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130786","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=130786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}