Two men were arrested in Hillsborough County for the alleged theft of a storage trailer in Key Largo containing some $35,000 worth of property, including firearms.
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office received a report on Dec. 3 that a 2025 TR Extreme storage trailer was stolen from a property on Tortuga Drive. The trailer contained household items, appliances, tools, clothing, hunting gear and some 25 firearms, several of which are family heirlooms.
Detectives collected evidence that led them to a self-storage unit in Tampa where the two suspects, 53-year-old Carlos A. Cortes Pedraza, of Tampa, and 36-year-old Heriberto Ivan Del La Hoz Medina, of Brandon, were observed moving the stolen property. Detectives obtained search warrants for Pedraza’s residence, the self-storage unit in Tampa, and other properties. The search found stolen items from the Key Largo trailer. Some of those firearms were recovered.
Pedraza and Del La Hoz Medina were taken into custody and will be transported to Monroe County where they will face charges. Each faces charges of grand theft of a motor vehicle, grand theft of firearms, armed burglary of a conveyance and petit theft.
Pedraza has a bond of $455,000 and Del La Hoz Medina has a bond of $505,000.
