{"id":224066,"date":"2026-04-08T23:05:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T23:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/224066\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T23:05:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T23:05:15","slug":"i-havent-stopped-being-a-policeman-jacksonville-sheriff-makes-arrest-at-hardware-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/224066\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I haven’t stopped being a policeman’: Jacksonville sheriff makes arrest at hardware store"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters made an arrest at a local hardware store after a suspected shoplifter was reported, according to the sheriff’s office. <\/p>\n

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters was the arresting officer Wednesday afternoon after a suspected shoplifter was reported at a local home improvement store.<\/p>\n

In a video posted to social media<\/a>, Sheriff Waters said he was picking up a table at a Home Depot on Atlantic Boulevard near Girvin Road when the incident unfolded.<\/p>\n

While speaking with retired Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office Robbery Detective Clem Nieto inside the store, someone approached them and reported a theft in progress.<\/p>\n

Waters and Nieto went outside where they found the suspect speaking with an associate.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When they reached out to grab the suspect, he pulled away and started running. Waters and Nieto followed.<\/p>\n

Nieto tripped and fell and Waters continued in the pursuit, according to the sheriff.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The chase continued through the parking lot into a grassy area where Waters was able to get him to the ground and get leverage while the suspect struggled to get away.<\/p>\n

Waters was able to get the suspect into handcuffs and proceeded to take him into custody.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The suspect is accused of attempting to leave the store with roughly $500 in merchandise. He has been charged with theft and resisting. He also had two active warrants for theft.<\/p>\n

JSO said the sheriff was unharmed during the incident.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust because I was elected sheriff doesn\u2019t mean I\u2019m no longer a policeman,\u201d Sheriff Waters said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters made an arrest at a local hardware store after a suspected shoplifter was reported,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224067,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-224066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224066","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=224066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}