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Community
Area Easter Egg Hunts
City of Crystal River Easter
Egg Hunt at Hunter Springs, Saturday
April 8th, 10 am. Underwater and land
hunts, Petting Zoo, Meet the Easter Bun-
ny, DJ, games, bounce houses, food and
treats. Hunts at 10 am and 12pm, water
hunt weather permitting.
Town of Inglis Easter Egg Hunt
sponsored by the Inglis Recreation com-
mittee at 10:30am to 12:30pm. Inglis
community center April 8th. A separate
hunt/photo event will be held for infants
and toddlers. Please check in, upon ar-
rival. More on page 10.
Homosassa Springs Wildlife
State Park and the Friends of Homosassa
Springs Wildlife Park will be hosting a
Spring EGG-stravaganza starting at 8:00
am in the field behind the main entrance
and Visitor Center parking area on April
15th.
Finders of the Golden egg in
each age group will win an age-appropri-
ate prize. Families should arrive early to
register to meet the Easter Bunny.
Wildlife Puppeteers will be pre-
Just before 10:30 pm Sunday evening, April 2, Citrus County deputies responded to an E. Benjamin St., Hernando residence after receiving a
senting a puppet show on Saturday, April
call that a woman was being stabbed. Deputies arrived to find 42 year-old Brandi Blevins, of Hernando, deceased in the front yard, lying at
15, 2017, following the egg hunt starting
the base of the front porch. See story below right. Photo courtesy CCSO.
Woman dies in
at 9:15 am in the Florida Room, the Wild-
Woman killed by sword attack,
life Puppeteers will be presenting a new
puppet play entitled "This is your life...
early morning
Lu, the Hippopotamus!"
and run down with truck
For more Information, please
traffic crash
call Rene Poppe at (352) 628-5445, ext.
had stabbed Blevins, his ex-girlfriend, with
From Citrus County Sheriff Dept.
1004 or Susan Strawbridge at (352) 628-
a sword, and she had multiple deep wounds
5445, ext. 1002
A witness, who was
to her legs, thighs, torso and other areas of
From FHP
also staying at the woman's
Volunteer Orientation Lecanto April 7
her body, along with a large wound on the
home, told deputies that the sus-
An early morning traffic crash in
Hospice of Citrus and the Nature
back of her head.
pect, Eric Allen Huffman, 41, of
the Citrus Springs area of Dunnellon, March
Coast will provide General Orientation
According to one witness, after
Hernando, had fled on foot.
31, resulted in the death of 63 year-old Re-
for individuals who are interested in learn-
Huffman stabbed Blevins, he ran to his truck
The CCSO immedi- Huffman
becca Ann Rogers of Dunnellon. The crash
ing more about Hospice volunteer oppor-
and proceeded to run over the victim be-
ately issued an Alert Citrus no-
occurred at 6:05 am at the intersection of
tunities. The class will be held on Friday,
fore crashing into a nearby tree, and then ran
tification to every resident within a one-mile
U.S. Hwy. 41 at W. Country Club Blvd. Ac-
April 7, from 9:00 a.m. to noon, at the
from the home.
radius, asking them to lock their doors, be
cording to the Florida Highway Patrol, Ms.
Wings Education Center located at 3280
During an interview, Huffman con-
on the lookout for an armed man, and to call
Rogers was driving a 2003 Honda Accord
W. Audubon Park Path in Lecanto.
fessed to stabbing Blevins. He was charged
911 if they saw anyone suspicious. Nearby
on Country Club Blvd., stopped at a stop
with one count of premeditated murder
residents called into the Citrus County Sher-
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sign at the intersection with U.S. Hwy. 41,
and one count of aggravated assault with a
iff s Office dispatch center stating they had
facing east, as Darryl Wayne Goodman, 27,
deadly weapon. His bond was set at none.
seen Huffman on foot.
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of Dunnellon, was driving a 1992 Chevrolet
According to the CCSO, Huffman has a
While deputies, K9 teams and the
S-10 truck, traveling south on U.S. Hwy. 41.
the Food Ranch Service Desk - 25
lengthy criminal history including burglary,
Aviation Unit were canvasing the area, a
Ms. Rogers, in the car, proceeded
words/$12. New deadline: Monday 12
resisting law enforcement and two recent
neighbor informed deputies that a man was
into the roadway, into the path of the truck,
arrests of aggravated battery with a deadly
noon at the Inglis Food Ranch service Desk.
on her back yard pool deck. Deputies rushed
and the truck collided with the car. After
weapon.
to the residence and took Huffman into cus-
Cash or Check.
the impact, the car came to rest on the east
"First and foremost, our thoughts
tody.
No refunds for early cancellations
Continued on page 11 - Fatal Crash
Detectives learned that Huffman
Continued on page 11 - Attack