{"id":356857,"date":"2026-07-29T22:59:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T22:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/356857\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T22:59:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T22:59:11","slug":"video-tampa-man-arrested-after-driving-with-suspended-license-for-3rd-time-deputies-say-snn-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/356857\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Tampa man arrested after driving with suspended license for 3rd time, deputies say \u2013 SNN News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) \u2014 A Tampa man accused of driving with a suspended license was arrested Tuesday after deputies said they caught him making \u201cdangerous\u201d lane changes and found drugs in his car.<\/p>\n<p>The Hillsborough County Sheriff\u2019s Office said deputies stopped a driver on West Waters Avenue and JR Manor Drive in Tampa after watching him make \u201cdangerous\u201d lane changes without signaling.<\/p>\n<p>During the traffic stop, deputies discovered that the driver, identified as 36-year-old Richard Coto, had a suspended license with two prior convictions for driving with a suspended license.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfla.com\/news\/florida\/you-took-action-citizens-911-call-helped-florida-deputies-rescue-kidnapped-girl-sheriff-says\/\" class=\"promo-link__link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\u2018You took action\u2019: Citizen\u2019s 911 call helped Florida deputies rescue kidnapped girl, sheriff says\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When asked why he was driving like that, Coto told the deputy he was \u201clate for work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you want to go to work at all?\u201d the deputy asked. \u201cIf you crash and kill yourself\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While searching the car, deputies said they found marijuana and cocaine.<\/p>\n<p>Coto was arrested and charged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) \u2014 A Tampa man accused of driving with a suspended license was arrested Tuesday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":356858,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-356857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356857","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=356857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}