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BROOKSVILLE – A Texas man is behind bars this evening after he tried to meet with who he thought was a 13-year-old girl in Hernando County. According to court documents, 42-year-old Joseph Monty Myers traveled from his hometown of Braunfels, Texas, located just outside of Austin, to meet a Hernando County Sheriff's Office detective who posed as the 13-year-old victim. Officials say Myers sent images of his penis to the decoy and asked for her to send nude pictures of h...
BROOKSVILLE – Hernando County Fire Rescue and the Division of Forestry are still on the scene of a 10-acre brush fire in the area of Hebron Church Road. Officials say a lawnmower caught fire and spread to a nearby wood line, which is situated near the Cabot Citrus Farms Golf Club. There are no reports of injuries or damage to structures....
BROOKSVILLE – Hernando County Sheriff Al Nienhuis joined members of the ATF and U.S. State Attorney's Office today, to announce a federal Grand Jury indictment of four suspects involved in the February 2023 murder of a 17-year-old Brooksville girl. Isabella Scavelli was murdered in her Brooksville home on February 7th, one day after she filed a sexual assault complaint with the Sheriff's Office against 36-year-old Lenard White. Officials say White paid 21-year-old Sheldon R...
BROOKSVILLE – Sheriff Al Nienhuis announced he's running for a third term as Hernando County's chief law enforcement officer today, but this time he may not be a shoo-in. Nienhuis was appointed in 2011 by Democrat Governor Charlie Crist and was elected twice after that. Despite mounting allegations of coverups, a defendant in several federal lawsuits, and one of the few anti-body camera chiefs in the state, Nienhuis believes voters still trust him to do the top job again. N...
