{"id":200658,"date":"2026-03-21T18:44:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T18:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/200658\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T18:44:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T18:44:36","slug":"sheriffs-deputies-stop-fleeing-driver-with-grappler-device","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/200658\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheriff\u2019s deputies stop fleeing driver with grappler device"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. (Gray News) &#8211; Deputies used a grappler device to stop a fleeing driver.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff\u2019s Office, a driver failed to come to a complete stop and was pulled over Saturday. During the stop, deputies learned the driver, identified as Danny Wilson III, had an out-of-county warrant related to unpaid child support. He refused to get out of his vehicle and then drove off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Wilson was weaving through traffic and speeding, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/teamhcso.com\/News\/PressRelease\/160f22e7-b8c5-45a0-ae49-880cbbfe101a\/26-41?utm_source&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=https%3A%2F%2Fteamhcso.com%2FNews%2FPressRelease%2F6e060d24-ab90-4799-8bd3-abf646552815%2F23-106&amp;utm_content=ap_fihb3fvxv9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/teamhcso.com\/News\/PressRelease\/160f22e7-b8c5-45a0-ae49-880cbbfe101a\/26-41?utm_source&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=https%3A%2F%2Fteamhcso.com%2FNews%2FPressRelease%2F6e060d24-ab90-4799-8bd3-abf646552815%2F23-106&amp;utm_content=ap_fihb3fvxv9\">authorities<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Danny Wilson III is facing several charges after authorities used a grappler device to stop...\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MX3DDJLNK5ESRA44R5QT73Q5JA.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>Danny Wilson III is facing several charges after authorities used a grappler device to stop him from allegedly fleeing a traffic stop.(Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Deputies deployed a grappler device, which attached to the rear tire of the vehicle and began bringing it to a stop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Authorities said Wilson continued trying to escape, but deputies maintained control, and the car was fully immobilized.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Wilson was arrested, and in addition to the out-of-county warrant, he was charged with two counts of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, fleeing to elude at high speed, two counts of resisting an officer without violence, possession of cannabis and possession of drug paraphernalia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 Gray Local Media, Inc. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. (Gray News) &#8211; Deputies used a grappler device to stop a fleeing driver. According to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":200659,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[92735,92736,90949,92737,28,92733,90950,92734,18311,135,137,136],"class_list":["post-200658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-danny-wilson","tag-danny-wilson-florida","tag-danny-wilson-iii","tag-danny-wilson-iii-florida","tag-florida","tag-grappler","tag-grappler-device","tag-hillsborough-county-grappler-device","tag-hillsborough-county-sheriffs-office","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200658","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=200658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}