Curtis Brown was apprehended following a Tuesday manhunt through Walden Lake neighborhoods.
It’s straight to Tartarus for one Plant City man who couldn’t seem to escape Zeus’ grasp.
With a bite to the leg while hiding along side a Hammock Drive home, Curtis Wayne Brown, 41, of Mays Street, was captured by Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office K9 Officer Zeus Tuesday, HCSO said.
According to HCSO, the office received a tip Tuesday that someone with a warrant was in a residence in Walden Lake. When deputies arrived on the scene, HCSO said, the tipster told them the fugitive had fled into the Woods near Turkey Creek and Crosby Roads.
The K9 unit and helicopters were deployed to search for Brown as the Plant City Police Department assisted in creating a perimeter around the area. Then, HCSO received another tip that the suspect was spotted near Pine Club Drive and the search moved.
“It was a little bit of track and a little bit of getting calls in,” HCSO spokesperson Cristal Nunez said.
Brown had been wanted for violation of parole related to federal charges, HCSO said. According to the HCSO arrest database, Brown’s original charges stemmed from the manufacture, distribution and possession of a controlled substance. The records also show a violation of parole for amphetamine possession.
After leading HCSO deputies and Zeus to Pine Club Drive, Brown, who records show goes by the street names Humpy and Humper, was spotted on Hammock Drive. Zeus was again redeployed to the area where the K9 alerted deputies to a presence near the garage of a Hammock Drive home. Zeus then approached the side of the house where he, quite literally, took a bite out of crime, latching on to Brown's leg.
Brown was treated and booked that night at Tampa General Hospital and transferred to the Orient Road Jail. According to the U.S. Marshal Service, Brown could now be facing state an federal charges.
