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  • Retired K9 Passes Away After Serving Five Years with HCSO

    Tom Lemons|Updated Aug 31, 2024
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    BROOKSVILLE – Sad news to report, after one of the Hernando County Sheriff's Office' (HCSO) retired K9 passed away Friday. K9 Judge worked the streets of Hernando County between 2013 and 2018 when he retired with his handler Lt. Brandon Cox. HCSO has very few working K9 and recently lost one of their handlers. Comparatively, the Pasco Sheriff's Office has over 50 K9 in service at this time....

  • Vehicle Pursuit Leads to Deputy Involved Shooting

    Tom Lemons, August 29, 2024|Updated Aug 31, 2024

    UPDATE: Sheriff Chris Nocco will be going live on Facebook in 15 minutes to provide an update on the deputy-involved shooting that occurred today in the Katherine Dr. and Widgeon Way area of New Port Richey. NEW PORT RICHEY, FL – An investigation is underway into a deputy-involved shooting that occurred earlier this afternoon in the River Ridge area. According to the Pasco Sheriff's Office, deputies who are part of a United States Marshals Task Force were attempting to l...

  • Attorney Says Her Client was Wrongfully Convicted, Murderer Walks Free

    Staff Writer, August 29, 2024|Updated Aug 29, 2024

    BROOKSVILLE, FL – A near 10-year-old homicide case came to a close last week after the suspect was found guilty on a lesser charge of manslaughter in the death of an 18-year-old Brooksville man. Defense Attorney Debra Tuomey says her client is innocent and that the person responsible for the crime turned State's Witness to avoid being charged. On September 15, 2015, 18-year-old Dylan Thornton's body was discovered in a field near Sunshine Grove Road, after he disappeared f...

  • Spring Hill Woman Charged with Aggravated Child Abuse After Infant Suffers Multiple Fractures

    Tom Lemons, August 28, 2024|Updated Aug 29, 2024

    SPRING HILL, FL – The Hernando County Sheriff's Office is reporting the arrest of a woman who they say caused severe injuries to her infant child. According to reports, Detectives were alerted to a possible child abuse case by the Tampa Police Department, after an infant was airlifted to St. Joseph's Hospital on August 25, 2024. Officials say the child suffered multiple skull fractures, along with fractures to both shins and both femurs and a collarbone fracture. All i...

  • BREAKING: Children Escape "Runaway" School Bus, Possibly Still Missing

    Tom Lemons, August 27, 2024|Updated Aug 28, 2024

    UPDATE 5:30 P.M. - Bjarkman says another parent told him that at least six children were able to escape. He says one child was driving to use the front exit door but fell back inside when the bus began moving again. Bjarkman says he's the Transportation Department is not taking parent's calls. "How can I put my kid back on that bus in the morning and how can the Transportation Department ignore our calls," says Bjarkman. SPRING HILL – There are unconfirmed reports that a F...

  • Spring Hill Woman Dies in Single Vehicle Crash

    Tom Lemons, August 24, 2024|Updated Aug 27, 2024

    BROOKSVILLE – A Spring Hill woman died last night after she lost control of her vehicle and struck a utility pole on Commercial Way. According to reports, the 20-year-old driver was traveling northbound on US-19, just north of Cortez Blvd, when she departed the roadway and collided with a utility pole. Transported to a trauma center, the woman later died from her injuries....