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HUDSON – Officials in Pasco County have now identified the suspect who allegedly left two dogs to die inside a pickup truck at a Walmart on Friday. Officials say 40-year-old Tiffany Critchfield was arrested and charged with Felony Animal Cruelty, after she locked her two Pit Bulls in a pickup truck for about an hour. R News first broke the story on Saturday, after a witness says he tried to perform CPR on the two dogs, but was unsuccessful in reviving them. The witness says h...
SPRING HILL – Video surveillance systems, like Ring Doorbell, give residents some peace of mind that if a crime occurs, it will be easier to solve, but what if the suspect is wearing a disguise? One local resident found out the hard way that video surveillance isn't 100% foolproof, after packages were stolen off their front porch in the area of Elgin Blvd and Freeport Drive. The victim tells R News that around 12:30 p.m. today, their Ring Doorbell camera captured what a...
HUDSON – Sad news to report today, after two dogs died of heat exhaustion when they were locked inside a pickup truck for hours. Pasco Sheriff's Deputies were called to the Walmart in Hudson around 10:45 p.m. last night, after a witness, "Kyle," says he saw two unresponsive Pit Bulls lying next to a pickup truck. Kyle says the dog's owner appeared to be under the influence of narcotics and was acting irrational. Kyle attempted to perform CPR on the dogs, but he was unable t...
SPRING HILL - A federal investigation is underway into a Spring Hill man who sources say has been charged with Conspiracy to Commit Arson. Yesterday, several agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation executed a search warrant at a residence on Boca Raton Street, where they arrested 21-year-old Xavier Joseph Batten on charges of Conspiracy to Commit Arson in a jurisdiction outside of Florida. A spokesperson for the FBI could not discuss the details of the investigation,...
BROOKSVILLE – Last year, former Hernando County Sheriff's deputy Matthew Puglia filed a lawsuit against the agency, claiming he was wrongfully terminated for complaining about obscene comments made about his girlfriend. According to court records, while Puglia was still under a probationary status with the agency, recently-separated deputy Joseph McClellan made sexually charged statements about the breast size of Puglia's girlfriend and urged them to join in on "agency" sex p...
