Credit: Hernando County Sheriff’s Office
A Florida father has his toddler son to thank for saving his life after the child accidentally called the police during a medical episode that made him unable to do it himself.
Deputies with the Hernando County Sheriff s Office responded to a 911 hang-up call from an apartment complex in Spring Hill around 10:45 a.m. on Tuesday, the office said in a media release. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow
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Deputy Nathan Kent told CW44 that hang-up calls like that are very common, and typically involve people s disabled cell phones somehow getting into their children s hands.
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Port Richey officer is first cop in Tampa Bay area to die from the coronavirus
Robert Pacchiarotti, 54, died on Jan. 14 after a long career with the Hernando County Sheriffâs Office. He had been brought on as a reserve officer with the police department.
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Robert Pacchiarotti, a longtime deputy in the Hernando County Sheriff s Office, died from complications of COVID-19 in January. Pacchiarotti was expected to work at the Port Richey Police Department as a reserve officer after retiring from the Sheriff s Office. He was 54. [ HANDOUT | Handout ]
Published Feb. 3
A retired Hernando County Sheriffâs Office deputy who had recently joined the Port Richey Police Department as a reserve officer died from COVID-19, becoming the first law enforcement officer believed to have died from the coronavirus in the Tampa Bay area.
Updated: 4:06 PM EST February 3, 2021
BROOKSVILLE, Fla. A 22-year-old man is charged with attempted kidnapping for crashing into a woman s car and carrying her away as she tried to run off, according to the Hernando County Sheriff s Office.
Kenneth Michael Lengel Stage also faces a charge of aggravated assault following the incident early Wednesday morning, the agency said in a news release.
Deputies were called around 7 a.m. to what at first was said to be a hit-and-run crash at E. Jefferson and N. Broad streets. Witnesses reported seeing the driver of a pick-up truck crash into a car, pushing it for several feet.