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Articles from the December 26, 2023 edition


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  • Arrest Made in Fatal Shootout Between Brothers, Insurance Policy Possible Motive

    Tom Lemons, December 29, 2023|Updated May 1, 2024

    DADE CITY – An arrest has been made in a 2022 domestic-related double shooting that left one person dead and another seriously injured. On May 1, 2022, Sheriff's Deputies responded to 3468 Jodi West Drive after a 911 call was received from the victim, 32-year-old Michael Duran Cool who stated, "I got into an argument with my brother, and he shot me." Cool further advised that he was shot in the chest twice and that the shooter was his brother, 30-year-old James Francis N...

  • Woman Suspects Amazon Delivery Driver Stole Her French Bulldog

    Tom Lemons, December 27, 2023|Updated Dec 29, 2023

    BROOKSVILLE – It's not uncommon for porch pirates to steal packages from the doorsteps of intended recipients, especially during the holidays, but not many would suspect an Amazon driver of taking more than they deliver. That's exactly what one woman says happened last week at her home inside the Amersham Isles gated community at Sterling Hills. Nicole Exline tells R News that an Amazon employee delivered a package to her home on Copper Hill Driver around 9:15 a.m. last F...

  • Domestic Battery Investigation Leads to Suspect Attacking Law Enforcement

    Tom Lemons, December 26, 2023|Updated Dec 27, 2023

    BROOKSVILLE – Statistically, calls for service to domestic violence cases are some of the most unpredictable and dangerous calls investigated by law enforcement officers. That was just the case when Hernando County Sheriff's Deputies responded to a Brooksville residence yesterday, after reports that a pregnant woman was battered by her significant other. According to officials, after interviewing the alleged victim and observing injuries consistent with her testimony, d...