{"id":134400,"date":"2026-01-28T03:23:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T03:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/134400\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T03:23:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T03:23:10","slug":"shirtless-florida-man-who-jumped-through-taco-bell-window-robbed-it-with-large-rock-sentenced-to-4-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/134400\/","title":{"rendered":"Shirtless Florida man who jumped through Taco Bell window, robbed it with &#8216;large rock&#8217; sentenced to 4 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a6jdzkbkvl7b0jtf.jpg\" alt=\"Taco Bell creates 'chicken taco bisque' recipe\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southeast\/florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Florida man<\/a> was sentenced to four years in prison after he jumped through a Taco Bell drive-thru window while shirtless and robbed workers and customers with a &#8220;large rock.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Kewarren Lee Anderson, 40, was arrested in July after he was captured by an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/police-and-law-enforcement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ocala Police Department<\/a> K-9 dog who found him behind a dumpster.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Anderson entered the restaurant through the drive-thru window while clenching a &#8220;large rock&#8221; in his hand before demanding money from workers and customers and chasing them all out of the building, police said, according to Ocala-News.com.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/mcdonalds-customer-launches-flying-kick-employee-heated-restaurant-brawl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">MCDONALD&#8217;S CUSTOMER LAUNCHES FLYING KICK AT EMPLOYEE DURING HEATED RESTAURANT BRAWL<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">The man then fled the fast-food establishment, but he was quickly tracked down by a K-9.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">According to body camera footage, Anderson was seen behind the dumpster panicking as he held his hands up in surrender when he was approached by the K-9.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/man-sentenced-fox-news-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-0dea8073=\"\">Kewarren Lee Anderson, 40, was sentenced to four years in prison. (Getty Images:Marion County Jail) <\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">It is unclear how much cash Anderson was able to take before running away.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Anderson was homeless <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/robbery-theft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">during the robbery<\/a> and told police he needed money, according to an arrest affidavit, News 6 reported.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Just hours after he was taken into custody, Anderson was involved in a physical altercation with another incarcerated person.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/florida-paraglider-survives-500-foot-plunge-ocean\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">FLORIDA PARAGLIDER SURVIVES 500-FOOT PLUNGE INTO OCEAN<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Anderson was charged with armed robbery and battery by a person at a detention facility in connection with the two incidents.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">He was found guilty on both charges last week and sentenced to four years in prison, excluding the time he had already served in the Marion County Jail.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/shirtless-florida-man-who-jumped-through-taco-bell-window-robbed-large-rock-sentenced-4-years\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Find more updates on this story at FOXNews.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-2899190a=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/us\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-2899190a=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">U.S.<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-2899190a=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Florida man was sentenced to four years in prison after he jumped through a Taco Bell drive-thru&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134401,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[630,28,30,29,115,628],"class_list":["post-134400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134400","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=134400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}