{"id":289677,"date":"2026-05-30T02:10:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T02:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/289677\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T02:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T02:10:07","slug":"florida-pair-accused-of-fleeing-traffic-stop-tossing-drugs-and-gun-from-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/289677\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida pair accused of fleeing traffic stop, tossing drugs and gun from vehicle"},"content":{"rendered":"

PLANT CITY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A Florida man and woman are behind bars after deputies say they fled a traffic stop and threw a bag containing drugs out of a vehicle window.<\/p>\n

According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office<\/a>, deputies attempted a traffic stop about 6 p.m. Thursday near the intersection of Short Road and Pless Road. Deputies said the driver intentionally turned toward a deputy’s vehicle, forcing the deputy to brake to avoid a crash.<\/p>\n

The driver then continued fleeing the area and disregarded traffic signals, the sheriff’s office said.<\/p>\n

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HCSO said that during the pursuit, a backpack containing narcotics and a firearm was thrown from the vehicle. Deputies immediately recovered the backpack.<\/p>\n

The sheriff’s office said a grappler immobilization device was deployed near Quail Meadow Road and Anacapa Lane, bringing the vehicle to a stop. Body camera video released by HCSO shows deputies pursuing the vehicle before deploying the device and taking the suspects into custody.<\/p>\n

The suspects were identified as Katheryne Tellez, 33, and Charles Grace, 40.<\/p>\n

Tellez, who was identified as the driver, faces charges of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer with a deadly weapon, driving with a revoked license, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and fleeing and attempting to elude a law enforcement officer.<\/p>\n

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Grace, who was a passenger in the vehicle, faces charges of tampering with physical evidence, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, armed trafficking in amphetamine, possession of ammunition by a convicted felon, armed possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell or deliver, and possession of drug paraphernalia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PLANT CITY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A Florida man and woman are behind bars after deputies say they fled…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289678,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-289677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289677","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=289677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}