{"id":414637,"date":"2026-09-30T12:44:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T12:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/414637\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T12:44:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T12:44:24","slug":"felony-suspect-arrested-after-deputies-use-grappler-device-on-i-75","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/414637\/","title":{"rendered":"Felony suspect arrested after deputies use Grappler device on I-75"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">TAMPA, Fla. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/\">WWSB<\/a>) &#8211; A wanted felony suspect was arrested Monday after Hillsborough County sheriff\u2019s deputies used a Grappler device to stop his vehicle on Interstate 75, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Deputies located Darius Ford, 28, driving north on I-75 near East Fowler Avenue at about 12:41 p.m., according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Deputies slowed Ford\u2019s vehicle before deploying the Grappler, the sheriff\u2019s office said. The device wrapped around a rear tire and brought the vehicle to a stop on the shoulder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/2026\/09\/27\/inamte-death-orient-road-jail-under-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/2026\/09\/27\/inamte-death-orient-road-jail-under-investigation\/\">Inmate death at Orient Road Jail under investigation<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Ford followed deputies\u2019 commands and stepped out of the vehicle with his hands visible before he was arrested, according to the sheriff\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">He faces 16 felony charges, including possession of a controlled substance and 10 counts of providing false information after registration as a sexual offender.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WWSB. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. (WWSB) &#8211; A wanted felony suspect was arrested Monday after Hillsborough County sheriff\u2019s deputies used a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414638,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[164276,164275,18311,164277,164278,135,137,136],"class_list":["post-414637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-darius-ford-arrest","tag-grappler-device-i-75","tag-hillsborough-county-sheriffs-office","tag-i-75-traffic-stop-tampa","tag-sexual-offender-registration-charges","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414637","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=414637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}