{"id":182040,"date":"2026-03-07T13:26:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T13:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/182040\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T13:26:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T13:26:24","slug":"k-9-chases-catches-fleeing-tampa-man-during-prowler-call-deputies-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/182040\/","title":{"rendered":"K-9 chases, catches fleeing Tampa man during prowler call, deputies say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) \u2014 A Hillsborough County K-9 caught a Tampa man who stole items from multiple vehicles in Tampa on Feb. 27, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">HCSO posted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/1838608536800310\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:a video on Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">a video on Facebook<\/a> on Friday, showing the aviation unit and deputies as they responded to a prowler call.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The aviation section said it saw Anthony Holmes, 56, entering multiple vehicle on the 4400 block of Ranchwood Lane just before 1 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Deputies located him and gave several commands, warning that a K-9 would be deployed. According to footage of the incident, Holmes fled on foot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A K-9 chased and caught Holmes as he fled, and deputies arrested him on multiple felony charges, the sheriff\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">HCSO said Holmes was charged with three counts of armed burglary of a conveyance, four counts of unlawful possession of a stolen credit or debit card and grand theft firearm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 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 This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.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.wfla.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WFLA.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WFLA. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) \u2014 A Hillsborough County K-9 caught a Tampa man who stole items from multiple vehicles&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":182041,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[85916,85917,1071,1292,276,135,137,136],"class_list":["post-182040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-anthony-holmes","tag-aviation-section","tag-deputies","tag-facebook","tag-hillsborough-county","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182040","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=182040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}