{"id":408460,"date":"2026-08-16T22:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T22:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/408460\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T22:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T22:46:08","slug":"tractor-supply-burglar-built-fort-fell-asleep-after-break-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/408460\/","title":{"rendered":"Tractor Supply burglar built fort, fell asleep after break-in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, TEXAS (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 El Paso police are seeking tips to identify a man who broke into a Tractor Supply store on Aug. 9.<\/p>\n<p>Around 9:09 p.m., the suspect broke into the garden area of the Tractor Supply located at 9541 Alameda. He attempted to break the glass door leading to the main store with a skateboard but was unsuccessful.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect then damaged multiple pieces of merchandise and built a fort, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH: Surveillance Video<\/p>\n<p><p>El Paso police seek the suspect who broke into a Tractor Supply story on Aug. 9. (Credit: El Paso Police Department)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The man also stole drinks and snacks and then fell asleep.<\/p>\n<p>Store employees discovered the suspect the next morning. After they woke him, he fled.<\/p>\n<p>Police described the suspect as Hispanic with dark hair, in his late teens to early 20s, approximately 5 feet 8 inches tall with a thin build. He was seen wearing a white T-shirt and dark-colored jeans.<\/p>\n<p>According to police, the suspect caused an estimated $3,500 in damage.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information on the suspect is asked to call Crime Stoppers of El Paso at 566-8477 (TIPS) or submit a tip online at www.cselpaso.org. <a href=\"https:\/\/cselpaso.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.cselpaso.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/news\/local\/1-dead-2-seriously-injured-in-us-54-north-crash-at-cassidy-exit?src=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">1 dead, 2 seriously injured in US 54 North crash at Cassidy exit<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up<\/a> to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily to your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, TEXAS (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 El Paso police are seeking tips to identify a man who broke into&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408461,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-408460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}