{"id":285279,"date":"2026-05-26T21:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/285279\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T21:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:57:08","slug":"jacksonville-man-arrested-for-string-of-armed-robberies-at-food-trucks-and-restaurant-jso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/285279\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville man arrested for string of armed robberies at food trucks and restaurant: JSO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla.  \u2013 A Jacksonville man is facing a string of felony charges, after authorities say he and another man carried out a series of armed robberies targeting food trucks and a restaurant over three days in May.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Bronquell Hutchinson, 26, was arrested by the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office on Friday. He faces charges stemming from four separate incidents between May 19 and May 21.<\/p>\n<p>What investigators say happened<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The alleged crime spree began in the early morning hours of May 19, when officers responded to an armed robbery at Taco Loco, a food truck on Powers Ave. According to the arrest report, two males dressed in all black approached a worker as he was closing up outside the truck. Investigators say the suspects made off with more than $1,000 in cash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Two days later, on the evening of May 21, officers were dispatched to two additional armed robberies \u2014 this time at the Great Wall Chinese Restaurant on Ft. Caroline Road, and at Tipicos Antojitos, a food truck on University Blvd. W. Investigators noted the same suspect vehicle was spotted leaving the scene of each robbery, and that the same two individuals used the same method of approaching businesses as they were closing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">At the Ft. Caroline Road location, a 19-year-old victim told detectives she had stepped outside to bring belongings to her car when two unknown individuals approached her from behind a dumpster. Her younger siblings were seated in the back of her vehicle at the time. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">At the Tipicos Antojitos food truck, a worker told investigators he was closing up when two men in face masks approached him. An iPhone 13 Pro Max was among the items reported stolen.<\/p>\n<p>Attempted murder charges added after pursuit<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">A fourth incident unfolded in the chaotic moments after the University Boulevard robbery. The owner of the Tipicos Antojitos food truck said he received a call from his nephew \u2014 who was working the truck \u2014 alerting him to the robbery. The owner, who was nearby, spotted a black SUV driving erratically southbound on University Blvd. W. He followed the vehicle into a parking lot on University Blvd. W., where he says the vehicle turned around and a shooting occurred. The food truck owner and a passenger both sustained minor injuries and were not transported to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Hutchinson was charged with two counts of attempted second-degree murder in connection with that incident.<\/p>\n<p>Arrests made after felony take-down<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">According to court documents, JSO\u2019s Real Time Crime Center provided investigative intelligence on a possible suspect vehicle based on similarities to the May 19 robbery. Patrol officers coordinated and located the vehicle, conducting a felony take-down that resulted in both suspects being taken into custody.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Hutchinson and a 21-year-old co-defendant were transported to the Police Memorial Building for interviews. Hutchinson is currently being held on a bond of more than $3 million. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 A Jacksonville man is facing a string of felony charges, after authorities say he and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142127,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1944,116,118,117,1872,14040],"class_list":["post-285279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-food-trucks","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-jso","tag-robbery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285279","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=285279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}