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18.02.2023 / 05:43

Hernando sheriff: Barricaded suspect shot by deputies, 2 injured after Brooksville shooting and barn fire

BROOKSVILLE, Fla. - The suspect who barricaded himself inside a Brooksville home after a shooting and barn fire has been shot by Hernando County deputies, the sheriff said. This comes after two victims were taken to nearby trauma centers with gunshot wounds earlier Friday evening. Hernando County Sheriff Al Nienhuis said the suspect, identified as 64-year-old Steve Rosa, barricaded himself inside a home. Deputies looking for Steve Rosa after shooting and fire in Brooksville Investigators began trying to get Rosa out of the home, but they said he refused to come out and did not acknowledge them.

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Florida man calls 911 to have meth tested for authenticity, deputies say

Courtesy: Hernando County Sheriff's Office SPRING HILL, Fla. - A Spring Hill man is accused of calling 911 to have the methamphetamine he recently purchased from a man he met at an area bar tested because he believed it was really bath salts.According to the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office, Thomas Eugene Colucci made the emergency call around 7 p.m. on Thursday. Deputies say Colucci told them that he is an experienced drug user who's used methamphetamine in the past and knew what it should feel like.

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Mississippi River opened near Memphis under damaged bridge

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The U.S. Coast Guard said Friday that river traffic has reopened on the Mississippi River near Memphis, Tennessee, three days after it was closed when a crack was discovered in the Interstate 40 bridge that connects Tennessee and Arkansas.

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Girl, 8, dies when car she was in crashes into Florida school bus

HERNANDO, Fla. – An 8-year-old girl died when the car she was riding in crashed into the back of a school bus in north Florida.

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Teen electrocuted during Florida storm was ‘outstanding student’

BROOKSVILLE, Fla. – A Florida teenager less than two months away from graduating from high school was electrocuted when she stepped on a live power line that fell onto the road during a severe thunderstorm and set fire to her car.

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Florida man accused of stealing ambulance, getting it stuck in mud

HERNANDO COUNTY, Fla. – A Florida man stole an ambulance from a hospital while first responders were assisting a patient but got the vehicle stuck in sand and mud, according to the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office.

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Man steals ambulance from Brooksville hospital, flees when it gets stuck in mud

Courtesy: Hernando County Sheriff's Office BROOKSVILLE, Fla. - Hernando County deputies arrested Trey Cornwell, 29, after they say he stole an ambulance from Oak Hill Hospital in Brooksville.According to deputies, Cornwell jumped in the ambulance shortly before 12:30 p.m.

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Florida vaccine supply about to get a boost, governor says

Gov. Ron DeSantis said between the four FEMA mass vaccination sites, an increase in Pfizer vaccine, and Johnson & Johnson on the way, the state of Florida is going to start seeing more coronavirus vaccine very soon.

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Gov. Ron DeSantis hosts news conference in Tallahassee

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will host a news conference Tuesday morning from the Florida State Capitol.

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Select Publix pharmacies will offer coronavirus vaccine shots in Florida

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Pickup truck hits, kills 1-year-old boy in Florida parking lot

HERNANDO, Fla. – A young boy was struck and killed by a pickup truck that was backing up in a parking lot on Thursday, the Florida Highway Patrol said.The incident happened around 2:20 p.m. Thursday in Hernando, which is in north Florida, troopers said in a report.The 49-year-old woman was backing up the truck when she hit the 1-year-old, the report said.

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Sheriff: Young child set fire to escape boarded up room

SPRING HILL, Fla. – A young child who had been locked in a boarded up room set a mattress on fire Monday afternoon in an attempt to escape, sheriff’s officials in Florida said.Deputies and fire rescue crews found the child when they responded to an arson call near Spring Hill, the Tampa Bay Times reported.Kelley Lynne Davis, 36, and Daniel Andrew Davis, 37, were arrested on aggravated child abuse charges, arrest reports said.

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Deputies: Louisiana man hid in Florida teen’s room for weeks

SPRING HILL, Fla. – A Louisiana man found hiding in a Florida teenager’s closet had been staying in the child’s bedroom for more than a month, according to investigators.The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office charged Johnathan Lee Rossmoine, 36, with multiple sex crimes Sunday after deputies were called to a Spring Hill home by the parents of the teenager, who found Rossmoine in a closet in the child’s bedroom, the agency announced Tuesday.Rossmoine allegedly told deputies he traveled from Louisiana to Florida several times to have sexual encounters with the teen.

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4 arrested after infant dies due to methamphetamine toxicity in Citrus County

(Photos: Citrus County Sheriff's Office and Hernando County Sheriff's Office) INVERNESS, Fla. - Deputies have arrested four people after an autopsy determined that an infant died due to methamphetamine toxicity in an Inverness home.The Citrus County Sheriff's Office responded to a 911 call back in March for a 2-month-old baby that was unresponsive and not breathing.The infant was rushed to the hospital by paramedics and was pronounced dead.The medical examiner's report determined that methamphetamine toxicity contributed to the baby's death.The sheriff's office said four adults who lived in the home at the time told detectives they regularly snorted and smoked meth in the presence of the baby and two other juveniles.

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Citrus County driver accidentally reverses onto two parked cars

Dash cam video shows a Cadillac sedan reversing at a high rate of speed out of the SunTrust and into the street, going through an intersection before it crashed on top of two parked cars in the bank's parking lot.

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UPDATE: Florida pastor accused of holding church services amid coronavirus outbreak arrested

TAMPA, Fla. – Florida officials have arrested the pastor of a megachurch after detectives say he held two Sunday services with hundreds of people and violated a safer-at-home order in place to limit the spread of the coronavirus.

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