{"id":15115,"date":"2025-10-22T03:54:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T03:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/15115\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T03:54:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T03:54:07","slug":"video-suspects-ram-car-through-front-door-of-central-texas-vape-shops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/15115\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Suspects ram car through front door of Central Texas vape shops"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Cedar Cedar park vape shops targeted<\/a> <\/p>\n

A Central Texas vape shop is looking for answers after two of their stores were broken into. The way the suspects got inside was the same each time, ramming a car through the front of the building.<\/p>\n

CEDAR PARK, Texas – A Central Texas vape shop is looking for answers after two of their stores were broken into.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The way the suspects got inside was the same each time, ramming a car through the front of the building.<\/p>\n

Vape shop break-ins <\/p>\n

What they’re saying:<\/p>\n

The latest break-in happened in the early hours of Monday, Oct. 20, at the Drip N\u2019 Rip Vapes located in Cedar Park. It was around 3 a.m. when store footage showed a car being backed through the store\u2019s front door. Once the doors bust open, several suspects can be seen making their way inside, grabbing bags of vapes instead of cash.<\/p>\n

“You\u2019re so heartbroken because they took something away from you,” says Drip N\u2019 Rip owner Lacy Hobble.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She says the suspects were in and out of the store within a matter of three minutes.<\/p>\n

It was just over a week since Drip N’ Rip’s Pflugerville location was the target of the same sort of break-in. The suspects used a car to break into the building before, once again, targeting the stores’ vapes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In both cases, the suspects took several boxes of nicotine disposable vapes. The Cedar Park store lost around $3,000 worth of nicotine disposable vapes while the Pflugerville store lost over $8,000 worth.<\/p>\n

\"VIDEO: VIDEO: Break-ins at vape shop<\/a> <\/p>\n

A Central Texas vape shop is looking for answers after two of their stores were broken into. (Video courtesy: Drip N’ Rip Vapes)<\/p>\n

Through Senate Bill 2024, passed on September 1, all disposable nicotine vapes from China were made illegal, cutting off a large portion of what was available in the Texas market.<\/p>\n

“Now that they\u2019re not easy to get in Texas and shipments are getting held up, these kids are really wanting their vapes and this is the outcome,” says Hobble.<\/p>\n

With the loss of product and damages done to both stores, Hobble says she estimates they are out $50,000.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Insurance isn\u2019t going to cover it. We\u2019re high risk, so they don\u2019t really cover vape just because they know it\u2019s a possibility for you to get broken into.”<\/p>\n

But the break-ins aren\u2019t keeping the stores down. Just hours after a car rammed through the store, the Drip N’ Rip Cedar Park location was up and running serving customers.<\/p>\n

“We were ready to go by 10 o\u2019clock\u00a0for them to be here. We were serving vapes out of a big open hole in the building.”<\/p>\n

Hobble says detectives told her other stores have been victims of the same sort of break-ins. Just down the road on Cypress Creek, Booze Work Liquor’s front half of the store was rammed by a vehicle back on October 10.<\/p>\n

What’s next:<\/p>\n

Cedar Park PD says it appears the vehicles used in the Drip N’ Rip break-ins are stolen.\u00a0<\/p>\n

No suspects have been officially identified.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Source: Information from interviews conducted by FOX 7 Austin’s Marco Bitonel<\/p>\n

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