{"id":232614,"date":"2026-04-15T12:04:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T12:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/232614\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T12:04:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T12:04:30","slug":"tampa-man-steals-cigarettes-before-breaking-wawa-employees-wrist-deputies-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/232614\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa man steals cigarettes before breaking Wawa employee\u2019s wrist, deputies say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) \u2014 Hillsborough County deputies arrested a man on Sunday after he pushed an employee, breaking her wrist at a Wawa in Tampa, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/2261828541286642\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:according to authorities;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;according to authorities&quot;}\" class=\"link \">according to authorities<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Hillsborough County Sheriff\u2019s Office said its deputies responded to a robbery at a Wawa at 8458 Dale Mabry Highway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Nicholas Mavrogordato, 45, took a pack of cigarettes from behind the counter before pushing a Wawa employee to the ground, causing her to break her wrist, HCSO said.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/80855974f923213c84af3015d2273df6.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Deputies located Mavrogordato north of the store, according to body camera footage.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/9b5073c56ff69dd912597cee7aa6f011.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He was charged with battery of a victim over 65 and robbery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfla.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WFLA.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WFLA.&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WFLA. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) \u2014 Hillsborough County deputies arrested a man on Sunday after he pushed an employee, breaking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232615,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[276,103979,103978,135,137,136,19215],"class_list":["post-232614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-hillsborough-county","tag-nicholas-mavrogordato","tag-pack-of-cigarettes","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-wawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232614","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=232614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}