BROOKSVILLE â A Brooksville kennel owner faces multiple charges of animal cruelty and neglect after law and animal enforcement officers from several agencies raided the kennel March 2 and found sick and dead puppies.
Jian Karlos Ortiz Mendez, 34, owner of Golden Kennel LLC, 9203 Weatherly Road, was charged with 11 counts of aggravated animal cruelty and one misdemeanor count of animal neglect. He was being held on $23,000 bond. The misdemeanor count stemmed from a lack of water to kenneled dogs.
Jian Karlos Ortiz Mendez
The Hernando County Sheriffâs Office said animal enforcement officer Mandy Rowe obtained a warrant as part of an ongoing investigation into sick puppies being housed at and sold from the kennel. Rowe learned that several puppies had been sold from the kennel and within days of being sold, some of the puppies died of canine parvovirus.
Former Brooksville mayor Kevin Hohn was arrested Friday after Homeland Security officers found more than 100 images of child pornography on his computer, according to the U.S. State Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida. The arrest was made after a search of Hohn’s home, according to investigators. In addition to the images, the search revealed that Hohn, 65, secretly captured .
By John Conrad
Feb 19, 2021
Brooksville,(Florida News Network)-The former Mayor of Brooksville has been arrested and charged with possession and distribution of child pornography. Last September investigators discovered several images and a video depicting child porn had been distributed from a computer address owned by Kevin Hohn.
Hohn is a retired special agent with the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation, and former Mayor of the City of Brooksville. The 64 year old Hohn was arrested at his home in Brooksville, on Friday. If convicted, he faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 5 years, and up to 20 years, in federal prison.
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