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a woman driving a vehicle with loud exhaust and an Ohio license plate. The deputy recog-

nized her as the woman he'd seen on the store video.

Woman arrested for petit retail theft, after she returned gift card

The deputy made a traffic stop on the woman, who retrieved several bags of items

A 52 year-old Wildwood woman, Sherrie Nix Hemmer, was arrested by the Citrus from the vehicle that were later returned to Walgreens, valued at $438.87. Arnett said she'd

County Sheriff's Office, Dec. 23, charged with misdemeanor petit retail theft ($100 or more, used some of the items already.

but less than $300). The report stated that Ms. Hemmer is accused of selecting an 18-piece

A Beverly Hills man was arrested at 6:50 pm on Tuesday, Dec. 30, on charges

knife set at the Walmart Supercenter located at W. Gulf to Lake Hwy. in Inverness and related to a road rage incident that took place, earlier in the evening, in Hernando County.

fraudulently returning the set at the Customer Service desk in exchange for a $134.98 gift

Kevin Scott Renaud, 47, 4 Pensylvania St., was charged with shooting a deadly

card. The report stated, that according to Ms. Hemmer and the in-store surveillance video, missile into a conveyance (vehicle) and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without

she did take the item and return it for a gift card, then she walked around the store, selected intent to kill. His total bond was set at $12,000.

a few items and stood in the checkout line for a while before returning the gift card to the

The report stated that the incident took place about 5:47 pm in Weeki Wachee on

customer service department. She attempted to leave the store, but was stopped by a loss Commercial Way at Knuckey Rd. Two people were inside one vehicle, and Renaud was

prevention officer. She told the arresting deputy that the relative (who was with her) asked inside the other one. Both vehicles were traveling north, the victims in the inside lane and

her to take an item to return for a gift card, which she did do, but she told her relative, while Renaud in the outside lane, each alongside the other, when Renaud pointed a BB gun resem-

they were standing in line, that she could not go through with it, so she returned the card to bling a 0.45 caliber semi-automatic handgun at the vehicle in which the victims were seated

the Customer Service department. She was placed under arrest. Her bond was set at $1,000. (the female passenger closest to Renaud).

Martin Michael Allen, 28, of Lecanto, was arrested by the Citrus County Sheriff's

Renaud allegedly made threatening gestures with his hand and then extended his

Office, Dec. 27, charged with the sexual battery of a person age 12 or older, but under the gun outside his vehicle toward the female, who was seated in the passenger seat. The BB's

age of 18 (a first-degree felony).

hit the vehicle above the passenger window and on the passenger door. The woman feared

Allen is accused of sexually battering the 17 year old girl on Dec. 20 and 21, while for her life during the incident, the report stated. The victims' vehicle followed behind Ren-

she was intoxicated and under his care. The girl contacted a counselor by telephone with aud, and the female victim spoke with a dispatcher at the Hernando County Sheriff's Office.

the allegations. The counselor contacted the Department of Children and Families (DCR),

The victim followed Renaud into Citrus County, where deputies with the Citrus

which then contacted the sheriff's office.

County Sheriff's Office conducted a traffic stop on his vehicle. Renaud was secured inside

The report stated that Allen admitted guilt in one incident, but he later admitted a patrol vehicle. 5093 S. Orwell Pt., Homosassa, Florida 34446

there were two incidents. He stated he'd been worried he'd get into trouble, but had been

Renaud admitted his involvement in the road(727) incident. He stated he used a

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told the age of consent was sixteen. Due to the girl being under his mail, Tomtime of thePublisher: thenewscaster1@gmail.comIEmail, Debbie Russell,by pointing it at her

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incidents, his bond was set at none.

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and firing several rounds. He said he threw the BB gun out of the window. It was later thehea

Penny Lane Arnett, 22, 1006 Princeton Ln., Inverness, was arrested by the Citrus cated at 4073 S. Suncoast Blvd. in Homosassa. It contained a pressurized Co2 cartridge.

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County Sheriff's Office, Dec. 22, charged with felony retail theft ($300 or more, but less

than $2,000). Her bond was set at $5,000. The report stated that Arnett is accused of taking

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numerous cosmetics items from the Inverness Walgreens drug store.

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A store clerk told the deputy that Arnett was in the store for about two hours. The

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clerk said the woman had selected numerous items which had been placed in her shopping

cart, and the woman had asked her several questions. She said the woman had also initiated

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a conversation with her, telling her she'd recently moved to the area from Ohio.

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About 4:20 am, employees heard the anti-shoplifting alarm go off, and when they

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reached the front of the store, they saw the woman had run out of the store and saw her head-

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ing south on Apopka Ave.

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Several cab drivers were in the parking lot and described the woman as about 22

years of age, about 5'5" tall and weighing about 140 lbs., with long bonde hair, pulled up

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in a bun. They noted a tattoo on her left forearm and said she left in a vehicle with an Ohio

license plate and a loud exhaust.

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When the surveillance film was available, the deputy noticed that the clerk and

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other witnesses had given an excellent description of the woman. The surveillance video

showed her entering the store at 2:10 am. About 11:00 pm the same night, the deputy saw

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