According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, deputies found the man’s shoes and phone inside the car he broke into.
TAMPA, Fla. — A man in Tampa was caught on video climbing into a car through a broken window. Moments later, he was arrested.
Sunday, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office released a video from a reported burglary in the morning of Oct. 3 in Tampa, where footage shows a man who deputies say broke into a parked car. Moments later, video shows Yordenis Sotomayor Tamayo, 37, getting arrested.
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According to the sheriff’s office, deputies responded to an apartment complex on Lincoln Cove Drive in Tampa after they got reports from a witness who claimed that a man threw a rock at a parked car, smashed the rear window and climbed inside.
When deputies found Sotomayor Tamayo, they said he was trying to open another car’s door. HCSO added that the man was only wearing socks and was bleeding due to cuts on his knuckles.
Deputies said that Sotomayor Tamayo’s phone and shoes were found inside the car he had broken into moments earlier.
Sotomayor Tamayo was charged with criminal mischief of more than $1,000 and trespass in an unoccupied structure or conveyance.
HCSO added that if you see something suspicious, you can call the sheriff’s office at 813-247-8200.
