{"id":425605,"date":"2026-10-12T15:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T15:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/425605\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T15:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T15:00:09","slug":"florida-man-stole-car-from-tampa-area-home-stopped-at-gas-station-to-steal-vape-during-pursuit-authorities-say-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/425605\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida man stole car from Tampa-area home, stopped at gas station to steal vape during pursuit, authorities say &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PLANT CITY, Fla. (WSVN) \u2013 The suspect of a car theft near Tampa led deputies on a pursuit, at one point making a quick stop to steal a vape, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff\u2019s Office, 26-year-old Zachary Brooks entered an occupied home on Alafia Hills Drive in Plant City, where he stole a vehicle, at around 8 a.m. on Saturday..<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Investigators said the suspect stopped at a gas station on Paul Buchman Highway, where swiped a vape and fled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Video from HCSO\u2019s Aviation Unit showed Brooks exiting the vehicle during the pursuit and running into a nearby home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bodycam footage captured the moment police found Brooks hiding on a pool deck, just after 9:40 a.m..<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He is facing charges of grand theft of a motor vehicle and petit theft.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PLANT CITY, Fla. (WSVN) \u2013 The suspect of a car theft near Tampa led deputies on a pursuit,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425606,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-425605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425605","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=425605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}