{"id":302049,"date":"2026-06-10T01:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T01:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/302049\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T01:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T01:42:08","slug":"florida-man-accused-of-roof-break-in-caught-scratching-stolen-lottery-tickets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/302049\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida man accused of roof break-in, caught scratching stolen lottery tickets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BRADENTON, Fla. (CBS12)  \u2014 Rather than entering through the front door during normal business hours, a <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/topic\/Florida%20man\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Florida man<\/a> climbed through the roof of a mini mart to burglarize the store, making off with cigarettes, a stack of lottery tickets and alcohol \u2014 and it was all caught on camera.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bradentonpd.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the Bradenton Police Department<\/a>, at about 9:55 p.m. Sunday, the suspect, Bryan Jones, was caught on camera entering through the ceiling of Bud\u2019s Mini Mart on Carlton Drive. Police say once inside, he made off with cigarettes, stacks of lottery tickets, alcohol, bologna and cheese slices.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/Tenants left with questions as Green Terrace bankruptcy case moves forward\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">See also: Tenants left with questions as Green Terrace bankruptcy case moves forward <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Surveillance video shows Jones climbing through the ceiling, walking behind the counter of the store and grabbing a pack of cigarettes. Video then shows him grabbing multiple lotter tickets <\/p>\n<p>Police say Jones, 46, was later found nearby scratching his stolen lottery tickets while also carrying a backpack full of cigarettes. <\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Jones faces charges of burglary of a structure causing damage and criminal mischief. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BRADENTON, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Rather than entering through the front door during normal business hours, a Florida man&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-302049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302049","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=302049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}