TAMPA, Fla. – A 17-year-old is behind bars this week after a brazen early-morning heist at a Tampa smoke shop left a business owner with shattered glass and thousands of dollars in missing inventory. Hillsborough County Sheriff’s deputies tracked down the suspect just two days after he allegedly used a backpack to haul away a small fortune in merchandise.
The investigation began on April 17, 2026, when units were called to the Atomic Smoke Shop on West Hillsborough Avenue around 6:45 a.m.
Upon arrival, deputies found the storefront’s front window completely destroyed. Surveillance video from the scene captured a suspect smashing his way through the glass and entering the building…