{"id":243732,"date":"2026-04-23T20:07:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/243732\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T20:07:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:07:07","slug":"video-captured-teen-suspects-setting-stolen-car-on-fire-florida-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/243732\/","title":{"rendered":"Video captured teen suspects setting stolen car on fire, Florida police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CAPE CORAL, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Newly uncovered video on Thursday shows a stolen car being deliberately set on fire, which led <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/topic\/Cape%20Coral%20Police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cape Coral Police<\/a> to arrest three juveniles in connection with an arson and vehicle theft investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Further investigation revealed cellphone footage of the fire, showing two suspects igniting the stolen vehicle while a third recorded the incident. Detectives were able to positively identify all three individuals using investigative techniques, according to the Cape Coral Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation began on June 22, 2025, when officers responded to Northwest 4th Place for a reported vehicle theft. Police said a <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/topic\/Honda%20Civic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Honda Civic<\/a> was stolen from the residence, and a second vehicle was burglarized. Investigators later determined the key fob had been left inside the stolen car.<\/p>\n<p>On June 23, officers were dispatched to a vehicle fire near the intersection of Chiquita Boulevard and Jacaranda Parkway. Authorities later confirmed the burned vehicle was the same Honda Civic reported stolen the previous day.<\/p>\n<p>See also:<a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/florida-news-grounded-before-the-grill-inspectors-catch-44-pounds-of-prohibited-meat-at-miami-airport-funny-wacky-floridas-director-of-field-operations-customs-and-border-protection-travel-tips-wait-times-delays-cancelations-airport-brazil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Grounded before the grill: Inspectors catch 44 pounds of prohibited meat at Miami Airport<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The case advanced on June 27 when an officer conducting traffic enforcement in northwest Cape Coral stopped a vehicle for speeding. Police said probable cause was established to search the vehicle, leading to the discovery of a stolen handgun. The occupants were identified as Landin Lee Ahrens, Jaydin Chase Kempton, and Ahren M. Edelman.<\/p>\n<p>Ahrens was charged with second-degree arson. Edelman faces charges of second-degree arson and grand theft of a motor vehicle. Kempton was charged with second-degree arson, motor vehicle theft, burglary of a motor vehicle, and petit theft.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Police said the investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CAPE CORAL, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Newly uncovered video on Thursday shows a stolen car being deliberately set on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243733,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-243732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243732","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=243732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}