{"id":317709,"date":"2026-06-24T03:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T03:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/317709\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T03:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T03:58:07","slug":"florida-man-wanted-on-multiple-warrants-arrested-after-stabbing-in-hillsborough-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/317709\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida man wanted on multiple warrants arrested after stabbing in Hillsborough County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SEFFNER, Fla. (CBS12)  \u2014 A Florida man with several out-of-county warrants is behind bars after authorities say he stabbed someone in Hillsborough County on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamhcso.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/a>, 19-year-old Drake Purcell stabbed the victim following an argument in the roadway near South Kingsway Road and Magnolia Avenue in Seffner. The victim was transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/major-lantana-crash-rips-mazda-in-half-multiple-vehicles-mangled-at-busy-intersection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Deadly Lantana crash rips Mazda in half, 7 vehicles mangled at busy intersection<\/a><\/p>\n<p>HCSO says Purcell fled into the woods after the stabbing, where the agency&#8217;s aviation unit tracked him down. Aerial video shows Purcell walking toward law enforcement officers with his hands up before he was arrested.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Purcell was booked on charges of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, possession of a controlled substance, battery and three out-of-county warrants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SEFFNER, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A Florida man with several out-of-county warrants is behind bars after authorities say he&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317710,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-317709","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\/317709","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=317709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}