{"id":403250,"date":"2026-09-18T04:58:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T04:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/403250\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T04:58:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T04:58:17","slug":"burglary-suspect-falls-asleep-in-home-he-was-robbing-hcso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/403250\/","title":{"rendered":"Burglary suspect falls asleep in home he was robbing: HCSO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WIMAUMA, Fla. \u2014 A Wimauma man broke into a home to rob the owner and fell asleep on their couch, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p>Hillsborough sheriff&#8217;s deputies say a burglary suspect had attempted to pry open the front door of a Wimauma home, then broke in through the back door of another home on the 5300 block of Eagle Rock Drive while residents were inside.<\/p>\n<p>                                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wtsp.com\/assets\/shared-images\/icons\/arrow-circle-down.svg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                                This story continues below.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>At 11 p.m. Tuesday, deputies responded to a reported burglary in progress and quickly found a bicycle they believed belonged to the suspect.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies say they found Erick Moreno, 26, after entering through an open sliding back door and finding him asleep on the couch inside the home. Reportedly, Moreno was also wearing the homeowner&#8217;s shoes.<\/p>\n<p>Moreno was arrested on the following charges:<\/p>\n<p>Jail records indicate he is being held at Orient Road Jail without bond and has a federal ICE hold.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A burglary suspect was arrested after first attempting to pry open the front door of a Wimauma home, then breaking in through the back door of a second home, while the residents were inside.<\/p>\n<p>On September 15, 2026, at 11:00 p.m., <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/teamHCSO?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#teamHCSO<\/a> deputies responded to a reported\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6ovP0Umusn\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/6ovP0Umusn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 HCSO (@HCSOSheriff) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HCSOSheriff\/status\/2100389332087443659?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">September 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WIMAUMA, Fla. \u2014 A Wimauma man broke into a home to rob the owner and fell asleep on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403251,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-403250","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\/403250","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=403250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}