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BROOKSVILLE – Fire Rescue is on the scene of a vehicle accident involving two pedestrians in the area of Marvelwood Road and Papercraft Ave. Sources say, a male victim is deceased and a female victim will airlifted to a trauma center for treatment. A passerby discovered the victims in the roadway and called 911. We will bring more on this story as it develops. UPDATE: 8:30 a.m. – Investigators with the Florida Highway Patrol say a Toyota RAV4 driven by a 19-year-old Weeki Wac...
WEEKI WACHEE – On Friday, an elderly man was taken into custody on charges of molesting a victim under the age of 12. According to jail records, 78-year-old Frank Joseph Michali of 13058 Maycrest Ave was booked into the Hernando County Jail on 8-counts of Lewd and Lascivious Behavior and 1 count of Domestic Battery by Strangulation. Michali is currently held without bond at the Hernando County Jail. No further details are available at this time. The Hernando County S...
BROOKSVILLE – A Brooksville couple are behind bars this morning, after sources say they were found in possession of several stolen vehicles. Investigators with the Hernando County Sheriff's Office received information that 49-year-old Amy Joy Patton and her husband Michael Aaron Patton, also 49, had active warrants out of Marion County. Investigators conducted simultaneous search warrants at Brooksville Elementary and Big Lots on Cortez Blvd (City), where they located a BMW a...
HOLIDAY – You never know who is lurking in the dark corners of chatroom apps, perusing the profiles of young children in the hopes that one might become their next victim. It happens every day in every town, and it could be your neighbor, your child's teacher, or even a member of your church. They are the stealthy villains of our society, and the heroes are greatly outnumbered. But there is one group of citizen investigators that is committed to exposing these modern-day monst...
SUMTER COUNTY – A former candidate for Hernando Board of County Commissioners and South Sumter High School Teacher is behind bars tonight, after officials say he engaged in unlawful contact with a minor. According to officials, on November 11, 2022, a student at South Sumter High School reported that 48-year-old Patrick Jason Sager engaged in inappropriate communications and physical contact. The Sumter County Sheriff's Office conducted an investigation and discovered Sager en...
SPRING HILL – A high-speed pursuit of a stolen vehicle on County Line Road led to a head-on collision that injured at least one person. Earlier today, Steven King contacted R News after his Dodge Charger was stolen in the area of Mariner Blvd and Curry Street. King was offering a reward for the return of his vehicle, but around 4:00 p.m. this afternoon, sources reported that King's vehicle was involved in a high-speed pursuit with the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP). Minutes l...
NEW PORT RICHEY – A 2001 murder investigation has come to a close and the suspect will remain behind bars the rest of his life. According to the New Port Richey Police, on November 28, 2001, Police responded to 4725 Sanctuary Drive in reference to a death investigation. The victim, Simon Clarke, was found deceased in a room of a house that was under construction. Clarke had sustained injuries to his head and chest. An autopsy revealed the cause of death to be multiple blunt f...
SPRING HILL – A family of five found themselves in need of a new work vehicle, after a career criminal stole their Dodge Charger and crashed during a high-speed pursuit. Steven and Sandra King prepared for what they thought was a normal day, Thursday, until Steven noticed his 2007 Dodge Charger missing from their driveway on Landfair Street. Around 3:30 p.m. the same day, the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) spotted Steven's vehicle traveling on Little Road in Pasco County. T...
SPRING HILL – An early morning deputy-involved shooting that claimed the life of 61-year-old Gary Schryver has left his family grieving and searching for answers. It was 2:40 a.m. Saturday morning, when two deputies entered Schrvyer's home located at 12480 Feather Street to serve an arrest warrant. Shots rang out and schryver lie dying in front of his family. Officials with the Hernando County Sheriff's Office provided a brief statement on the shooting, but Sheriff Al N...
BROOKSVILLE - Sheriff's Deputies are searching for a suspect who attacked a restaurant employee with scalding hot water. According to sources, a man wielding a hammer walked into the Wendy's Restaurant on Cortez Blvd, near I-75, and threw boiling water onto a female employee. The suspect fled on foot towards Winn Dixie. Two other victims who were the intended targets of the attack are locked in a backroom of the restaurant. Fire Rescue is on the scene, treating the victim's...
