{"id":419151,"date":"2026-10-05T12:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T12:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/419151\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T12:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T12:00:08","slug":"watch-tampa-man-caught-on-video-breaking-into-car-before-hillsborough-deputies-arrest-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/419151\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Tampa man caught on video breaking into car before Hillsborough deputies arrest him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office, deputies found the man&#8217;s shoes and phone inside the car he broke into.<\/p>\n<p>TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 A man in Tampa was caught on video climbing into a car through a broken window. Moments later, he was arrested.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtsp.com\/section\/hillsboroughcounty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Hillsborough County<\/a> Sheriff&#8217;s Office released a video from a reported burglary in the morning of Oct. 3 in Tampa, where footage shows a man who deputies say broke into a parked car. Moments later, video shows Yordenis Sotomayor Tamayo, 37, getting arrested.<\/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>According to the sheriff&#8217;s office, deputies responded to an apartment complex on Lincoln Cove Drive in Tampa after they got reports from a witness who claimed that a man threw a rock at a parked car, smashed the rear window and climbed inside.<\/p>\n<p>When deputies found Sotomayor Tamayo, they said he was trying to open another car&#8217;s door. HCSO added that the man was only wearing socks and was bleeding due to cuts on his knuckles.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies said that Sotomayor Tamayo&#8217;s phone and shoes were found inside the car he had broken into moments earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Sotomayor Tamayo was charged with criminal mischief of more than $1,000 and trespass in an unoccupied structure or conveyance.<\/p>\n<p>HCSO added that if you see something suspicious, you can call the sheriff&#8217;s office at 813-247-8200.<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__main\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fae32bef-193c-4fd3-bae1-85cd8f76575d_1140x641.jpg\"  alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office, deputies found the man&#8217;s shoes and phone inside the car he&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419152,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-419151","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\/419151","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=419151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}