{"id":49746,"date":"2025-11-14T18:45:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T18:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/49746\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T18:45:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T18:45:19","slug":"deputies-searching-for-teen-considered-armed-and-dangerous-after-houston-co-robbery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/49746\/","title":{"rendered":"Deputies searching for teen considered \u2018armed and dangerous\u2019 after Houston Co. robbery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">DOTHAN, Ala (WDHN) \u2014 The hunt is on across the Wiregrass for a Florida teen wanted in connection with an armed robbery near Dothan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Houston County Sheriff\u2019s Office identified the suspect as 16-year-old Devonta Balcom, of Campbellton, Florida.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While WDHN does not typically release the identity of juveniles, investigators say he is considered \u201carmed and dangerous,\u201d and the HCSO received permission from a judge to release Balcom\u2019s name and photo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Balcom is wanted on one count of robbery in the first degree, a felony.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The alleged robbery occurred during the early morning hours of October 30 in the 5000 block of Third Avenue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During the robbery, investigators say Balcom fired at least one shot at a victim before fleeing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Balcom has family in Dothan and Campbellton, and he spends time in Graceville, Florida, according to the HCSO.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"16-year-old Devonta Balcom, of Campbellton, Florida (Courtesy of the Houston County Sheriff\u2019s Office)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"502\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1295d1a0f43743cbaac4c311bcbeae6e.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>16-year-old Devonta Balcom, of Campbellton, Florida (Courtesy of the Houston County Sheriff\u2019s Office)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Stay with WDHN for updates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wdhn.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WDHN - wdhn.com.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WDHN &#8211; wdhn.com. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DOTHAN, Ala (WDHN) \u2014 The hunt is on across the Wiregrass for a Florida teen wanted in connection&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49747,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[6216,2239,28329,28326,3118,10181,56,28327,58,57,28328],"class_list":["post-49746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-armed-and-dangerous","tag-armed-robbery","tag-campbellton","tag-devonta-balcom","tag-florida","tag-hcso","tag-houston","tag-houston-county-sheriffs-office","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-wdhn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49746","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=49746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}