{"id":416119,"date":"2026-10-01T22:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T22:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/416119\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T22:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T22:12:11","slug":"brandon-bank-robbery-convicted-felon-accused-of-robbing-wells-fargo-deputies-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/416119\/","title":{"rendered":"Brandon bank robbery: Convicted felon accused of robbing Wells Fargo, deputies say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/jones.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\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">BRANDON, Fla. &#8211; A 59-year-old convicted felon was arrested after being accused of robbing a Wells Fargo in Brandon on Wednesday, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   Brandon Wells Fargo bank robbery <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">HCSO stated that convicted felon Everett Jones, 59, entered the bank at 204 South Kings Avenue at 12:03 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Deputies said Jones handed the teller a note demanding money and then ran.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Detectives searching the area said they found Jones near Woodberry Road and Berry Lake Drive. He was initially taken into custody on an active felony warrant for failure of a career offender to register or provide information.<\/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=\"\">Investigators have not said how much money was stolen during the robbery or if a weapon was shown.<\/p>\n<p> Hillsborough Sheriff investigation <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">During an interview with detectives, Jones admitted to the robbery and now faces an additional charge of robbery, according to the sheriff&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;For four decades, this man has made a career out of robbery, and he&#8217;s tried it again,&#8221; said Sheriff Chad Chronister. &#8220;Our detectives tracked him down, and this man\u2019s reign of robbery is now over.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">The backstory:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Jones has an extensive criminal history, according to HCSO. His past record includes robbery convictions in 1984, 2005, and 2015.<\/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=\"\">The sheriff&#8217;s office stated that the investigation is still ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: The information in this story was gathered from the Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office, who provided details about 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> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article Courtesy: Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office\u00a0 BRANDON, Fla. &#8211; A 59-year-old convicted felon was arrested after being accused&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416120,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[47,629,115,135,137,136,628],"class_list":["post-416119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","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\/416119","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=416119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}