In the spring of 1982, a missing persons case rocked the area of New Port Richey, Florida ultimately exposing a cold-blooded murder-for-hire scheme.
Single mom Patricia Rhiner was working at a real estate firm owned by a married couple, Roman and Jackie Stangherlin. Although the Stangherlins seemed a normal couple at first glance, the reality was their marriage was on the rocks and they were divorcing. Roman had already started to move on, and was spending time with Patricia outside of work.
Then on the evening on April 1, he was supposed to have dinner with Patricia but never showed up. This behavior was unlike Roman, so the next day, when Patricia was still unable to reach her boyfriend, she contacted the police instead, only to learn Roman’s divorce attorney had already filed a missing person report. Police began their hunt to find Roman.
home found them fighting while intoxicated and naked.
According to a Hernando County Sheriff’s Office affidavit, Deputy Cari Smith found Tina Norris, 39, crying and alleging that she found her live-in boyfriend of five years, James Barfield, “having sex with another female in the house.” She also claimed that he “punched her in her mouth for no reason.”
Norris was asked several times by the officer to put her clothes on, but she refused.
The investigator then spoke to Barfield, 56, who was also naked and “extremely intoxicated.” He claimed that the couple got in a verbal argument because Norris “was found in bed with two other men.”
Deputies: Spring Hill woman stabbed fiancé s friend after argument
The Hernando County Sheriff s Office said the woman stabbed her fiancé s friend after the man called her a derogatory name.
Credit: Hernando County Sheriff s Office Author: 10 Tampa Bay Updated: 4:35 PM EST December 21, 2020
SPRING HILL, Fla. A 29-year-old woman is in jail after Hernando County deputies said she attacked and stabbed her fiancé s friend after an argument.
Deputies said it happened Sunday night at a home on Lydia Court in Spring Hill. Witnesses told law enforcement that Heather Parris had been arguing with her fiance all day.
Around 8:30 p.m., Parris fiancé said he left the home to separate himself from Parris. As the fiancé was driving away, deputies said his friend yelled an obscenity at Parris.
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Shirley Anderson reported on Hernando County’s 2020 election cycle at the December 15, 2020 Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) meeting. Anderson reported a successful day, with a few notable differences over previous years.
In what Anderson called a “challenging year,” the Presidential Preference vote in March was hindered by the realization of the COVID-19 pandemic. The SOE office saw many election workers leave their positions the day before that election.
Changes were instituted before the August Primaries, and a major recruitment effort began in September. Anderson reported that many new people responded, and trained to be poll workers as a result.