{"id":370524,"date":"2026-08-13T17:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T17:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/370524\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T17:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T17:24:09","slug":"man-disguised-as-walmart-employee-swipes-apple-watches-from-tampa-store-hcso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/370524\/","title":{"rendered":"Man disguised as Walmart employee swipes Apple watches from Tampa store: HCSO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/vlcsnap-2026-08-13-12h12m44s341.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"764\" height=\"432\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-v-653d32e2=\"\"\/> article <\/p>\n<p data-v-653d32e2=\"\">Courtesy: Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">TAMPA, Fla. &#8211; A suspect is accused of targeting two separate retail locations on Tuesday in an effort to steal high-value electronics.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   Suspect Targets Two Stores <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Investigators say the man first entered a Walmart store on Fletcher Avenue and grabbed a worker&#8217;s uniform vest, attempting to steal Apple watches before running off with only the garment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff\u2019s Office, he then drove to a second Walmart on Nebraska Avenue, where he wore the stolen vest to pose as an employee.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">During that second stop, deputies said he made off with three Apple Watches valued at $837.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/vlcsnap-2026-08-13-12h12m59s226.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">Courtesy: Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office <\/p>\n<p>  Deputies Locate Suspect <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Officials have not stated if anyone noticed the fake employee inside the Nebraska Avenue location during the incident.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">It remains unclear what tipped off detectives to the suspect&#8217;s vehicle or whether additional charges will be added as the investigation continues.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/devan-cherry-mugshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">Courtesy: Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office <\/p>\n<p>  Detectives Recover Stolen Goods <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Detectives identified the suspect as 42-year-old Devan Cherry through investigative work. Officers said they located Cherry as he was getting into his vehicle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">A search of his vehicle turned up the three stolen watches and a firearm, according to HCSO.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">\u00a0Cherry faces multiple felony charges, including grand theft third degree ($750\u2013$5,000), felon in possession of a firearm, and burglary of an occupied structure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: The information in this story was gathered from local law enforcement reports detailing the arrest and investigation.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/hillsborough\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hillsborough County<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article Courtesy: Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office TAMPA, Fla. &#8211; A suspect is accused of targeting two separate retail&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370525,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[630,47,629,115,135,137,136,628],"class_list":["post-370524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-fl","tag-hillsborough","tag-news","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370524","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=370524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}