{"id":207357,"date":"2026-03-26T20:15:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T20:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/207357\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T20:15:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T20:15:25","slug":"3-arrested-in-75k-high-end-liquor-theft-ring-targeting-tampa-distributor-hcso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/207357\/","title":{"rendered":"3 arrested in $75K high-end liquor theft ring targeting Tampa distributor: HCSO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/liquor-scheme-arrest.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-7d0efd03=\"\"\/> article <\/p>\n<p data-v-7d0efd03=\"\">Courtesy: Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office <\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">WIMAUMA, Fla. &#8211; The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/hillsborough\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Hillsborough County<\/a> Sheriff&#8217;s Office has arrested three people following an investigation into an organized theft scheme.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">According to HCSO, Darrell Glass, Mario Bancroft and Lateisha Glass were arrested in connection to the organized theft scheme.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">The backstory:<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">According to HCSO, a company reported an ongoing internal theft involving a delivery driver, a warehouse associate and a third suspect. Detectives determined that beginning on February 13, warehouse workers concealed cases of high-end liquor on pallets during overnight shifts. Detectives say the stolen liquor would then be loaded onto delivery trucks after security seals were broken and reapplied.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">HCSO said the delivery driver would then make their normal drop-offs, but the suspect would also make unauthorized stops along the delivery route. Detectives added that one of those routes was a Wendy&#8217;s in Seffner. At these locations, the stolen liquor was transferred to another vehicle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">The merchandise was then transported to a home located on Alistar Manor Drive in Wimauma, where it was sorted and sold, according to HCSO.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Detectives executed a search warrant at the home on March 25, recovering around $75,000 worth of stolen liquor.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/liquor-theft-scheme.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">Courtesy: Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Dig deeper:<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Darrell Glass was charged with the following:<\/p>\n<p> Organized fraud over $50,000Grand theft second degreeDealing in stolen property <\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Mario Bancroft was charged with the following:<\/p>\n<p> Organized fraud over $50,000Grand theft second degree <\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Lateisha Glass was charged with the following:<\/p>\n<p> Grand theft second degreeDealing in stolen property <\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Additionally, a 2022 Toyota Corolla used in the liquor scheme was seized.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">&#8220;This case highlights the calculated efforts of individuals who exploited their positions for personal gain,&#8221;\u00a0said Sheriff Chad Chronister.\u00a0&#8220;Thanks to the diligence of our detectives and the cooperation of the victim company, those responsible are now facing serious consequences.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">This remains an active investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This article was written using information from a press release from the Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/hillsborough\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hillsborough County<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article Courtesy: Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office WIMAUMA, Fla. &#8211; The Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office has arrested three people&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207358,"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-207357","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\/207357","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=207357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}