{"id":408020,"date":"2026-09-23T07:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T07:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/408020\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T07:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T07:42:12","slug":"lego-bandit-busted-after-alleged-20k-theft-spree-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/408020\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Lego Bandit&#8217; busted after alleged $20K theft spree in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Lego Bandit&#8217; busted after alleged $20K theft spree across Florida<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hips.hearstapps.com\/rover\/profile_photos\/0ef9e7e2-0673-4d77-92c5-22a1e3663de5_1697751930.file?resize=100:*\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Allison Petro\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>Nassau County, FL, USA \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">A Florida man dubbed the \u201cLego Bandit\u201d is behind bars after being accused of stealing thousands of dollars&#8217; worth of high-end Lego sets from Target stores, according to the  Nassau County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">Deputies said Ronald Tipton was accused of attempting to steal Lego sets from a Walmart on Sept. 15.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">During the incident, deputies pursued Tipton in a U-Haul truck, according to the sheriff\u2019s office. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">Deputies said Tipton struck a detective during the pursuit before he and a second suspect were arrested. Drugs were also found inside the U-Haul, officials said.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">Tipton faces several charges in connection with the alleged thefts and pursuit.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">Deputies said the organized theft ring is linked to more than $20,000 worth of stolen merchandise. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8216;Lego Bandit&#8217; busted after alleged $20K theft spree across Florida Nassau County, FL, USA \u2014 A Florida man&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408021,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[4561,25247,28,162074,116,118,117,162076,162075,660,6333,162073,153326,2631,2425,138374,17456,30837],"class_list":["post-408020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-deputy","tag-dollar","tag-florida","tag-high-end-lego-set","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-k-theft-spree","tag-lego-bandit","tag-office","tag-pursuit","tag-ronald-tipton","tag-several-charge","tag-sheriff","tag-theft","tag-u-haul-truck","tag-walmart","tag-worth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408020","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=408020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}