{"id":425173,"date":"2026-10-12T00:08:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T00:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/425173\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T00:08:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T00:08:32","slug":"driver-faces-fentanyl-trafficking-charge-after-hillsborough-county-traffic-stop-deputies-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/425173\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver faces fentanyl trafficking charge after Hillsborough County traffic stop, deputies say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/78895cmppf4uipce.jpg\" alt=\"HCSO: Driver faces fentanyl trafficking charge\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/78895cmppf4uipce.jpg\" alt=\"HCSO: Driver faces fentanyl trafficking charge\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image vod-poster-image--embedded\" data-v-766fb86c=\"\"\/>     <\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. &#8211; Hillsborough County deputies arrested a 35-year-old man Saturday after finding fentanyl and suspected stolen jewelry during a traffic stop, according to the sheriff&#8217;s office.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   Traffic stop leads to arrest <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-35ac954e=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">Deputies said they pulled over a vehicle with no license plate at a gas station around 6:27 a.m. Saturday near East Bearss Avenue and North Florida Avenue.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/rosario.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-7f188271=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-7f188271=\"\">Courtesy: Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">During the stop, deputies detained the driver, 35-year-old Michael Rosario, after finding more than four grams of fentanyl.<\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">The sheriff&#8217;s office said a search of the vehicle uncovered jewelry that investigators believe may be tied to a theft reported in July.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">HCSO said Rosario was arrested and charged with trafficking in fentanyl between 4 and 14 grams.<\/p>\n<p> Unanswered questions in investigation <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-35ac954e=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">Authorities have not released details regarding the specific theft in July. The Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office noted that additional charges may be filed as the investigation continues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: The information in this story was gathered from official statements and arrest details provided by the Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/hillsborough\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-35ac954e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hillsborough County<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. &#8211; Hillsborough County deputies arrested a 35-year-old man Saturday after finding fentanyl and suspected stolen&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425174,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[47,629,115,135,137,136,628],"class_list":["post-425173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-fl","tag-hillsborough","tag-news","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425173","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=425173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}