{"id":407281,"date":"2026-09-22T15:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T15:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/407281\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T15:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T15:32:08","slug":"florida-man-charged-in-thefts-of-pricey-lego-sets-other-high-end-merch-after-pursuit-near-jacksonville-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/407281\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida man charged in thefts of pricey LEGO sets, other high-end merch after pursuit near Jacksonville &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">YULEE, Fla. (WSVN) \u2014 A so-called \u201cLEGO bandit\u201d was put behind bars following a wild pursuit in Northeast Florida.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nassau County Sheriff\u2019s Office deputies said pulled Ronald Tipton over while investigating a retail theft at a Target store along State Road 200 in Yulee, about a half-hour north of Jacksonville.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities said the suspect took off in a U-Haul truck after the detective tried to stop him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Investigators said a pursuit ensued, until deputies caught up with the suspect and pinned the truck against a tree.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Detectives said Tipton is tied to an organized retail theft ring and is accused of stealing more than $20,000 worth of merchandise, including high-end LEGO sets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities said Tipton is accused in three thefts that took place in Aug. 18, Aug. 26 and Sept. 12. He faces several charges, including aggravated fleeing and retail theft.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"YULEE, Fla. (WSVN) \u2014 A so-called \u201cLEGO bandit\u201d was put behind bars following a wild pursuit in Northeast&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":407282,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-407281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407281","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=407281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}