A drug investigation took a messy turn on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, when detectives had to fish bags of fentanyl out of a septic tank to catch a dealer trying to destroy evidence. Detectives with ...

A Hernando County deputy and another driver were hospitalized after a rollover crash in Brooksville; both sustained ...

HERNANDO COUNTY, Fla. - A routine traffic stop turned into a chaotic scene Saturday morning after a Hernando County Sheriff’s ...

Detectives with the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office Vice and Narcotics Unit arrested two people following a fentanyl trafficking investigation and search warrant execution on Jan. 21, authorities ...

The Hernando County Sheriff's Office has hired a former deputy to coordinate the implementation of body-worn cameras, the agency announced Jan. 9.

Nearly 400 grams of fentanyl was seized by the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office after an operation led to the arrest of two ...

HERNANDO COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A small plane made an emergency landing in a Hernando County field Monday afternoon. Hernando County Sheriff Al Nienhuis said the plane came down to the west of the ...

Two men who decided to engage in a race won a trip to the county jail, the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office said in a ...

BROOKSVILLE, Fla. (WFLA) — The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office said a convicted rapist who was recently released from prison was arrested on Nov. 20 after removing his ankle monitor. In 2001, 53-year ...

The deputy was attempting a traffic stop when another vehicle collided with the patrol car.