VALRICO, Fla. – A Valrico man is facing charges after deputies say he threw hundreds of nails onto a neighborhood roadway nearly 30 times since last September.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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On September 11, 2025, the Hillsborough County<\/a> Sheriff\u2019s Office received a call that hundreds of nails were scattered on South Miller Road and Lithia Center Lane.<\/p>\n Additional incidents were reported 27 times over the next five months.\u00a0<\/p>\n READ: Bradenton medical complex shooting leaves woman dead, another hospitalized: Police<\/a><\/p>\n Deputies said they learned that the driver of a white pickup truck was throwing nails onto the roadway at the intersection of Bucknell Road and Miller Road, causing damage to several vehicles.<\/p>\n Dig deeper:<\/p>\n On January 13, 2026, deputies said they saw Felix Uresti, 51, get out of a white 2022 Toyota Tundra and place nails onto the roadway along Miller Road.\u00a0<\/p>\n He was later taken into custody and while searching his vehicle, deputies discovered the same roofing nails used in previous locations in a large bucket of nails in the back seat.<\/p>\n READ: Grady Judd and Florida’s CFO want more restrictions placed on illegal immigrants<\/a><\/p>\n Uresti was charged with six counts of criminal mischief of $1,000 or more, throwing a deadly missile at within or into a vehicle and violation of Florida litter law.\u00a0<\/p>\n “Throwing nails into the roadway is a deliberate and malicious act that puts innocent people in danger and carries serious consequences,” said Sheriff Chad Chronister. “This was a senseless decision that endangered working families, children, and first responders when seconds matter most.”<\/p>\n What you can do:<\/p>\n If you believe you were impacted by nail damage in the area of Miller Road, you are asked to contact detectives at (813) 247-8200.<\/p>\n The Source: This article was written with information found in a press release from the Hillsborough County Sheriff\u2019s Office.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Hillsborough County<\/a>Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VALRICO, Fla. – A Valrico man is facing charges after deputies say he threw hundreds of nails onto…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":120244,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[630,47,629,115,135,137,136,628],"class_list":["post-120243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-fl","tag-hillsborough","tag-news","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}