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BROOKSVILLE – The Hernando Board of County Commissioners held a budget meeting on Tuesday, outlining every nickel and dime the county expects to spend, collect, or save during fiscal year 2022-2023. Like most counties, the largest piece of the budget pie goes to public safety. Hernando County Sheriff Al Nienhuis's proposed budget is $69,575,299. That's a 10.1% or $6,390,441 higher than last year. Nienhuis attributes the increase to explosive growth, inflation, and high gas pri...
EDITORIAL Let me start my telling you a little about myself, because I know the first thing out of my hater's mouths will be, "Tom Lemons is a fake news liberal," "Tom Lemons is not a conservative," "Tom Lemons is anti-law enforcement," etc., etc., etc. I'm used to the unfounded attacks. I am not only a true conservative, I'm more conservative than most self-proclaimed Republican politicians. The Right can be just as vitriolic as the Left, when it comes to attacking those who...
PORT RICHEY – The Pasco County Sheriff's Office is reporting a deputy involved shooting that occurred during a traffic stop early this morning. According to officials, a deputy was conducting a traffic stop after a suspicious vehicle was reported at the Rodeway Inn on US 19, just south of SR 52. As the deputy approached the car, a man ran away and the deputy followed for a few feet. The man then circled back to the car, got in and tried to drive away. The deputy was a...
SPRING HILL – Another victim has been identified in a series of murders that took place in Spring Hill over 40-years ago. In March and April of 1981, four sets of human remains were recovered from the Mansfield property, located in the area of 3422 Roundup Lane. Two of the victims were immediately identified, but two remained unidentified until now. Officials with the Hernando County Sheriff's Office say the body of 17-year-old Theresa Caroline Fillingim has been positively i...
BROOKSVILLE – For the second time in two months the Hernando County Sheriff's Office is reporting the death of an inmate at the Hernando County Jail. Around 3:54 a.m. this morning, officials say deputies were making rounds at the Hernando County Detention Center, when they discovered an unresponsive male inmate inside his cell. Medical staff inside the facility responded to the inmate's cell and began performing lifesaving measures. Fire Rescue arrived on scene and p...
WEEKI WACHEE – The Hernando County Sheriff's Office has released new details into yesterday's drowning of two cave divers in the Chassahowitzka Wildlife Park Officials released the following statement: On 06-22-22 at approximately 12:20 p.m., a 9-1-1 call was placed to the Hernando County Sheriff's Office regarding a possible Drowning. The location provided was "Buford Springs Cave" which lies in the Chassahowitzka Wildlife Park at 13243 Commercial Way in Weeki Wachee. The 9...
INVERNESS – The Citrus County Sheriff's Office is reporting the arrest of a former Miami-Dade Police Officer, who is facing several charges of sexual misconduct with children. According to officials, on June 30, 2022, the Citrus County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) was contacted by the parent of a juvenile victim in reference to incidents involving sexual activity. The parent told deputies that they had overheard the juvenile victim talking about a second juvenile victim engaging i...
CRYSTAL RIVER – Officials have now released new details and the identity of a bank robbery suspect who was shot during a confrontation with a Florida Highway Patrol Trooper. According to the Citrus County Sheriff's Office, 44-year-old Jeromee Wade Greenough walked into the TD Bank on US-19 and demanded money from bank tellers. Officials say Greenough brandished a firearm. Greenough then fled the bank in a white vehicle with an undisclosed amount of cash. Citrus County D...
SPRING HILL – The Hernando County Sheriff's Office is reporting the arrest of a Hudson woman, after deputies discovered trafficking amounts of illegal drugs in her car during a traffic stop. According to reports, around 9:32 a.m. this morning, Deputy W. Harsanyi observed a vehicle traveling 86 mph in a 55-mph zone, northbound on Commercial Way, near Hunters Lake Road. Harsanyi conducted a traffic stop and made contact with the driver, 29-year-old April Dallaire. Harsanyi i...
BROOKSVILLE – Last night, R News broke the news of a vehicle crashing into the Sheriff's Office located at 18900 Cortez Blvd. This morning the Hernando County Sheriff's Office released the full details into exactly what transpired prior to the intentional act committed by a teenager. According to reports, at 10:41 p.m., a Hernando County Sheriff's deputy observed a vehicle traveling eastbound on Sheriff Mylander Way without its headlights being activated. The deputy a...
BROOKSVILLE – What started as a domestic battery in Port Richey, Florida, quickly escalated to threats to kill a child. According to the Pasco Sheriff's Office, 23-year-old Noa Dominguez allegedly battered a family member on Mercado Drive in Port Richey, around 10:00 a.m. this morning. When police were notified, Dominguez grabbed his two-year-old son and ran out the back door, into a wooded area. During a press conference, Sheriff Chris Nocco said he immediately dispatched n...
SPRING HILL – It's not often that a reporter is caught up in a story they're covering, but today was an exception for R News Reporter Tom Lemons. On Friday, Lemons responded to the scene of an alleged carjacking that occurred at Pioneer Skate Park, also known as Stewy's Skate Park, on Pinehurst Drive. Sources say the victim was beat up by two black males and then the suspects drove away with his silver Honda Civic. Deputies later classified the incident as a stolen vehicle a...
UKRAINE - The flow of humanitarian aid continues to pour into Ukraine from neighboring countries, but none like Poland, which has been the top contributor of food and medical supplies since the war began. They've also opened their doors to over 6 million refugees, who are now living in Poland or have moved onto other locations around Europe. The war rages on in various locations around Ukraine, but eastern and southern Ukraine have been hit the hardest and suffered the most...
HERNANDO – There isn't a day that goes by that law enforcement officers aren't placing their lives in danger to protect citizens from loss of life and property. Of course, the mainstream media wants you to believe that the majority are just looking for someone to beat up, plant drugs on, or racially profile. Not to say that doesn't happen – it absolutely does, but that's like saying everyone who steps foot in the ocean is going to be eaten by a shark. Thankfully, there is tec...
WEEKI WACHEE - Hernando County Fire Rescue responded to Buford Springs in the Chassahowitzka Wildlife Management area this morning, after receiving reports that two divers were unresponsive or missing. Officials arrived on scene and discovered one victim had already been pulled from the water and was deceased. The second victim had not surfaced and was presumed dead. The body of the second victim was later recovered, according to sources. Buford Springs and nearby Eagle's...
SPRING HILL – Investigators with the Hernando County Sheriff's Office are on the scene of a shooting that took place behind the Publix grocery store at 160 Mariner Blvd. According to officials, an incident involving the suspect and another individual took place in Pasco County and then resumed in Spring Hill at the current crime scene. That's where Sheriff Al Nienhuis says the suspect was arguing with an individual over items that he was trying to obtain, but in the midst o...
SPRING HILL – Fire Rescue and Law Enforcement are currently on the scene of a possible drowning at the 700 block of Challice Drive. According to sources, a 66-year-old man was found floating in a pool at the residence and was not conscious or breathing at the time Fire Rescue arrived on scene. Paramedics are performing CPR at this time. Major Case Investigators are en route to conduct an investigation into the incident. There are no further details at this time. This is the s...
BROOKSVILLE – Great news for recent furball graduates of the Heel to Heal program, after officials say all candidates have been successfully adopted. According to Hernando County Officials, Hernando County Animal Services (HCAS) and Hernando Correctional Institution 1st "Heel to Heal" canine obedience training program graduation took place on May 17, 2022. These dogs spent 8 weeks with pre-approved inmate volunteers to provide daily care for the dogs under the guidance of a c...
DADE CITY (HERNANDO) – On May 1st of this year, a passerby discovered the body of a Minnesota woman floating in the Withlacoochee River, near Reynolds Street and Treiman Blvd. The Hernando County Sheriff's Office launched a death investigation and sent to body to the Medical Examiner's Office in Leesburg to determine the cause of death. Prior to the discover of the woman's body, Investigators were already on the scene of another death that occurred on Jodi West Drive, which i...
REGIONAL – The Citrus County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) joined a multi-agency task force in executing ten arrest warrants for suspects involved in various child sex crimes. The following statement was provided by CCSO: Today, the Citrus County Sheriff's Office's (CCSO) High Tech Crimes Unit (HTCU) is releasing the results of Operation Cyber Knights, a strategic undercover Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) operation to apprehend dangerous, cyber predators who had the i...
SPRING HILL – A Homosassa woman is facing Organized Fraud charges after she took donations from a local church to pay her mortgage and take a vacation. On April 12th of this year, the Elder Board with Northcliffe Baptist Church mailed letters to its congregation, advising them of an investigation into its financial records. Several members of the church reached out to R News regarding the investigation, claiming that an employee had been caught stealing donations. Upon f...
BROOKSVILLE – The Hernando County Sheriff's Office is reporting the arrest of a 13-year-old D.S. Parrot Middle School student, after he allegedly threatened to blow up a school bus. According to officials, on October 18, 2021, an employee at Hernando County School Bus Transportation Depot in Brooksville contacted the Sheriff's Office, after receiving a call from a 12-year-old boy who was inquiring about job. The employee says the suspect threatened to blow up a school bus, a...
TAMPA – Officials with the Tampa Police Department are reporting the arrest of a Tampa Bay Buccaneers player, after an early morning traffic stop on N. Dale Mabry Highway. According to reports, 25-year-old Travis Zion Jonsen was observed speeding and weaving in and out of lanes on N. Dale Mabry Highway, just north of I-275. A traffic stop was conducted but Jonsen refused to submit a breath sample to officers during the investigation. Jonsen was taken into custody and c...
SPRING HILL – A death investigation is underway, after a body was discovered inside an abandoned vehicle. According to sources, Sheriff's Deputies responded to the Aldi grocery store on Wendy Ct., around 1:30 p.m. today, after a white SUV was scene in the same parking space since yesterday. Witnesses say the vehicle was running for hours on Thursday, but nothing seemed suspicious at that time. This morning they say the vehicle was no longer running and that someone appeared t...
LAND O' LAKES – One person is dead and another behind bars after an early morning crash on CR-54, Sunday. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a 31-year-old Land O' Lakes man was walking in the northbound lane of CR-54 around 2:30 a.m., when he was struck by a GMC Sierra near the intersection of Hyde Park Blvd. The victim suffered fatal injuries and died at the scene. Upon further investigation, FHP determined that the driver, 27-year-old Erick Enrique Zheng-Sam of M...
