{"id":196003,"date":"2026-03-18T07:04:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T07:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/196003\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T07:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T07:04:07","slug":"florida-deputies-deploy-grappler-to-apprehend-fleeing-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/196003\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Deputies Deploy Grappler to Apprehend Fleeing Driver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Deputies in Florida deployed a grappler device after a driver attempted to flee a traffic stop in Town \u2018N\u2019 Country on Saturday, March 14.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Hillsborough County Sheriff\u2019s Office (HCSO) <a href=\"https:\/\/teamhcso.com\/News\/PressRelease\/160f22e7-b8c5-45a0-ae49-880cbbfe101a\/en-US\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:said in a statement;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;said in a statement&quot;}\" class=\"link \">said in a statement<\/a> they stopped 38-year-old Danny Wilson III after he allegedly failed to come to a complete stop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cDuring the stop, deputies learned the driver, Danny Wilson III, 38, had an out-of-county warrant related to unpaid child support,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As police attempted to take him into custody, Wilson \u201csped away, weaving through traffic and driving at a high rate of speed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police dashcam footage captured the brief chase, before officers deployed a grappler device that attached to the rear the vehicle and brought it to a stop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Wilson was then taken into custody after a short confrontation with police. He was indicted on eight charges. Credit: Hillsborough County Sheriff\u2019s Office via Storyful<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Deputies in Florida deployed a grappler device after a driver attempted to flee a traffic stop in Town&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":196004,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[90949,28,30,29,90950,18311],"class_list":["post-196003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-danny-wilson-iii","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-grappler-device","tag-hillsborough-county-sheriffs-office"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196003","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=196003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}