{"id":371776,"date":"2026-08-14T23:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T23:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/371776\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T23:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T23:26:08","slug":"man-accused-of-using-propane-tank-to-break-into-stuart-smoke-shop-arrested-a-year-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/371776\/","title":{"rendered":"Man accused of using propane tank to break into Stuart smoke shop arrested a year later"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>STUART, Fla. (CBS12)  \u2014 A man accused of using a propane tank to break into a smoke shop a little over a year ago has been arrested.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stuartfl.gov\/753\/Police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the Stuart Police Department<\/a>, officers responded to a local smoke shop on Aug. 10, 2025, after a man tried to break into the business. Police say surveillance video showed a man repeatedly trying to force his way inside, first using a propane tank to smash the front window and later attempting to break and pry through the broken glass.<\/p>\n<p>Police say the suspect managed to get away but left behind blood evidence.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/body-camera-five-time-convicted-felon-arrested-after-chase-in-hillsborough-county-deputies-hillsborough-county-sheriffs-office-florida-crime-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">VIDEO: Armed 5-time convicted felon arrested in Florida after high-speed chase, police say<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Police say officers collected several DNA samples from the scene and submitted them for forensic testing, but no match was found in the database. A year later, DNA connected to the suspect was entered into the database following a crime committed in another area.<\/p>\n<p>On July 13, Stuart police detectives identified the suspect as Corbin Thomas Smart, 30, of Stuart.<\/p>\n<p>In August, Smart was charged with burglary of an unoccupied structure while unarmed and possession of burglary tools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STUART, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A man accused of using a propane tank to break into a smoke shop&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":371777,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-371776","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\/371776","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=371776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}