{"id":385243,"date":"2026-08-30T12:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T12:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/385243\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T12:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T12:08:08","slug":"traffic-stop-in-tampa-leads-to-multi-drug-arrest-woman-facing-multiple-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/385243\/","title":{"rendered":"Traffic stop in Tampa leads to multi-drug arrest, woman facing multiple charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) &#8211; A routine afternoon traffic stop in North Tampa on Thursday ended with a woman behind bars on several drug possession charges, according to sheriff\u2019s deputies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Rebecca Evans, 44, was arrested following the traffic stop on August 27, 2026, around 5:13 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Deputies initiated the stop near the intersection of East Fletcher Avenue and North 20th Street. Investigators say deputies subsequently developed probable cause to search the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">During the search, deputies uncovered a substantial cache of illicit substances, including:<\/p>\n<p>CocaineOxycodone pillsMDMA (Ecstasy) pillsCannabinoid ediblesA tray of sativa cannabis resin<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Evans was taken into custody without incident. She now faces multiple felony charges, including:<\/p>\n<p>Possession of a Controlled Substance (three counts)Possession of CocainePossession of Cannabis Sativa Resin<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WWSB. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) &#8211; A routine afternoon traffic stop in North Tampa on Thursday ended with a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385244,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-385243","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\/385243","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=385243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}