{"id":433979,"date":"2026-10-21T21:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T21:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/433979\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T21:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T21:08:09","slug":"stuart-man-accused-of-selling-stolen-tires-on-facebook-marketplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/433979\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuart man accused of selling stolen tires on Facebook Marketplace"},"content":{"rendered":"

STUART, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A Stuart man allegedly tried to turn stolen tires into quick cash on Facebook Marketplace<\/a> \u2014 but detectives say they caught up with him during a planned sale.<\/p>\n

James Sewell was arrested Sept. 5 after Stuart police detectives tracked a listing for tires believed to be stolen property, the <\/a>Stuart Police Department<\/a> said.<\/p>\n

The investigation began after police received reports of tires being stolen from local car dealerships. During a patrol, an officer spotted a suspicious truck abandoned behind a dealership with several tires in the truck bed.<\/p>\n

See also: Trial date set for man accused of killing Wellington neighbors over basketball hoop<\/a><\/p>\n

Investigators determined the tires were stolen and believe the officer’s presence may have spooked the suspect, prompting them to abandon the truck while the thefts were ongoing.<\/p>\n

Detectives later found a Facebook Marketplace listing offering tires believed to be stolen. They arranged a meeting with the seller and caught up with Sewell that evening, according to the Stuart Police Department.<\/p>\n

Sewell allegedly had four stolen tires he was trying to sell.<\/p>\n

He was arrested and charged with grand theft and dealing in stolen property. Additional charges are pending as the investigation continues, the department said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STUART, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A Stuart man allegedly tried to turn stolen tires into quick cash on Facebook…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433980,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-433979","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\/433979","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=433979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}