{"id":1432288,"date":"2025-08-05T16:44:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T21:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1432288"},"modified":"2025-08-07T09:00:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T14:00:19","slug":"swat-team-arrests-burglary-suspect-with-violent-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1432288","title":{"rendered":"SWAT team arrests burglary suspect with violent history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1432289\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-05-163937-e1754430018366-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-05-163937-e1754430018366-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-05-163937-e1754430018366-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-05-163937-e1754430018366.jpg 417w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>JACKSONVILLE &#8211; A regional SWAT team has arrested a 23-year-old with a history of violent crimes in connection with a burglary involving a stolen AK-47 firearm in Jacksonville on Tuesday, according to a report from our news partner KETK.\u00a0The Jacksonville Police Department said officers were dispatched to a reported burglary at around 7:47 a.m. involving an AK-47 firearm that was stolen. The suspect, who was captured on surveillance footage, has been identified as 23-year-old Jayden Duane Hopson.<\/p>\n<p>Due to his criminal history, including charges of murder and aggravated robbery, the Cherokee County Regional Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team was activated.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>After officials obtained an arrest warrant for burglary of a habitation, the SWAT team, alongside the Henderson County Sheriff\u2019s Office SWAT team, arrived at Hopson\u2019s residence at around 1:36 p.m. and arrested him without incident. Four others were detained for questioning.<\/p>\n<p>During the search, officers located and took into custody the stolen firearm. The investigation remains ongoing and additional charges may be pending.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Jacksonville Police Department extends its appreciation to all agencies involved for their professionalism and teamwork in bringing this operation to a safe and successful conclusion,\u201d the police department said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JACKSONVILLE &#8211; A regional SWAT team has arrested a 23-year-old with a history of violent crimes in connection with a burglary involving a stolen AK-47 firearm in Jacksonville on Tuesday, according to a report from our news partner KETK.\u00a0The Jacksonville Police Department said officers were dispatched to a reported burglary at around 7:47 a.m. involving &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1432288\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SWAT team arrests burglary suspect with violent history<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1432329,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-05-163937-e1754430018366-200x200.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1432288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-08 07:35:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-05-163937-e1754430018366-200x200.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1432288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1432288"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1432288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1432682,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1432288\/revisions\/1432682"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1432329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1432288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1432288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1432288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}