{"id":274320,"date":"2026-05-17T17:27:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T17:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/274320\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T17:27:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T17:27:07","slug":"stuart-police-arrest-man-after-icloud-breach-probe-tied-to-stolen-iphone-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/274320\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuart Police arrest man after iCloud breach probe tied to stolen iPhone, fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>STUART, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A months-long investigation into a stolen iPhone and a wave of fraudulent credit card charges ended Sunday with the arrest of a Stuart man.<\/p>\n<p>Detectives with the <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/search?find=Stuart+Police+Department\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Stuart Police Department<\/a> say the investigation began in December of 2025 after a victim reported that his iCloud account had been compromised.<\/p>\n<p>According to investigators, the breach led to multiple unauthorized purchases, including gift cards and other items.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/convicted-murderer-back-behind-bars-for-deadly-west-palm-beach-shooting-henrietta-avenue-shooting-investigation-wpb-police-convicted-killer-double-murder-history-tamarind-avenue-brian-tanksley-sean-pollum-us-marshals-arrest-florida-crime-palm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Convicted murderer back behind bars for deadly West Palm Beach shooting<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As the investigation continued, detectives say the suspect, later identified as Jae&#8217;Veion Thorne, repeatedly used the victim\u2019s personal information over the course of about a month to make additional purchases and gain access to financial accounts.<\/p>\n<p>A warrant was issued for Thorne&#8217;s arrest as the case developed.<\/p>\n<p>On May 17, Stuart Police were notified that the <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/search?find=Martin%20County\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Martin County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a> had located and arrested Thorne.<\/p>\n<p>Police found probable cause to book Thorne for five counts of fraudulent use of identification, petit theft, and theft of a credit card.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STUART, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A months-long investigation into a stolen iPhone and a wave of fraudulent credit card&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274321,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-274320","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\/274320","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=274320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}