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BROOKSVILLE – 10-days after the first arrest was made in connection with a 2021 gang-related homicide, officials now say 5 suspects are behind bars. The investigation began on the morning of July 13, 2021, when deputies were called to the area of Silent Breeze Street and Wolf Road. A delivery driver reported finding an unresponsive Hispanic male lying next to a 2021 Volkswagen Jetta. Fire Rescue later pronounced the subject deceased. Investigators opened a homicide i...
WEEKI WACHEE – The Hernando County Sheriff's Office is reporting the arrest of a property manager accused of stealing over $100,000 through a rental scam. According to officials, in August of this year, the Hernando County Sheriff's Office began receiving numerous complaints from rental property owners regarding a local property manager who they believed was committing fraud. Offiicials say 61-year-old John Bonesteel, operator of Nature Coast Assistance, served as the p...
HERNANDO – The Hernando County Sheriff's Office is searching for at least four additional suspects in a brutal gang related "beat down" death that occurred sometime in 2021. Officials haven't released any details into the investigation, since the arrests of 29-year-old Jimmy Veloso Nguyen of Spring Hill and 25-year-old Reynol Mariscal Gonzalez of Pomona Park, last Tuesday. Both suspects face murder and aggravated battery charges in connection with the death of a victim w...
BROOKSVILLE – Hernando County Government announces Paul Hasenmeier as the Hernando County Director of Public Safety and Fire Chief. Hasenmeier joined the Hernando County Fire and Emergency Services Team on October 17, 2022. Hasenmeier earned a bachelor's degree in Fire Science from Columbia Southern University as well as a master's degree in Public Administration from Capella University. He is a graduate of the National Fire Academy's Executive Fire Officer Program. A...
OCALA – An investigation is still underway into a crash on I-75 that claimed the lives of three people and closed northbound lanes for several hours. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, just after 1:00 p.m. today, several vehicles collided in the area of mile marker 337 in the northbound lanes of I-75. Officials have not released a details report of the accident at this time, but they say investigators are still making the scene, gathering evidence and assisting with remo...
BROOKSVILLE – A third suspect has been arrested in connection with the 2021 gang-related death of a victim whose identity has yet to be released by officials. According to jail records, 31-year-old Shayne Anthony Gracteroly-White was arrested Tuesday and booked into the Hernando County Jail. Gracteroly is one of at least 6 suspects that Assistant State Attorney Pete Magrino says murdered a fellow gang member, during a "beat-down" (the process by which a gang member leaves a g...
