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8 • JULY 2020 - Senior Voice of Citrus County
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             A collection of dumb moves by boneheads in Hernando County last month



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        June 1                               up to his front gate and
                                             attempted to filch a package
        A man got angry at his                                                   When someone started firing a  An adult son got into an
        neighbors at a local                 lying there while he watched.       rifle in a wooded area near her      argument with his mother
        campground that were                 When the homeowner                  home, a woman grabbed her            over her refusal to give
        celebrating a birthday by            objected, this nut threatened       dogs and went looking for the        him money. During the
        shooting off some fireworks.         him with a knife. Undaunted,        culprit. When she found him,         argument, he bit her on the

        When they disregarded his            the victim ran to his car,          he reacted by pointing his rifle     hand. Authorities were called
        screamed request to knock            grabbed his gun, pointed it         at her and threatening to shoot      and the son was arrested.
        it off, the man went to his          at him and told him to leave.       her and her dogs. This babe          Remember: don’t bite the

        camp site, got a gun and             The would-be thief took his         in the woods wisely chose to         hand that feeds you.
        revisited the neighbors              advice, but deputies located        get the hell out of there. Law

        intending to create his own          him a short time later and          enforcement is investigating.        During an argument over
        fireworks display. But after         arrested him. Here’s some                                                money, a woman hurled
        hearing the celebrants call          advice for both of them: the                                             a metal frying pan at her

        law enforcement, he quickly          owner should have picked up         A deputy was conducting an           husband striking him in the
        assumed a social distance            the dang package when it was        interview when the suspect           arm and making him eat his

        stance and ran home                  delivered, and the would-be         suddenly pulled away and             words.
                                             thief should not have been
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                                             stupid enough to attempt to         started running. The hapless         J u ne 1   5
        Two women got into an                steal it while the owner was        hightailer ran across a parking  A house that is owned by a

        argument that turned physical.       watching.                           lot and down a slope where he  trust was found to be occupied
        One ran into some nearby                                                 lost his footing and fell face       by an unknown woman and
        woods to evade deputies but                                              first onto the pavement. He          her four pit bulls. She claimed

        couldn’t resist charging the         A couple received a                 was promptly arrested. You           to have a rental agreement
        other woman before being             phone call from someone             might say the victim lost face.      but was unable to provide it,
        stopped by law enforcement.          impersonating a deputy              Then, again, you might not…          so she was arrested. The dogs

        It was a matter over mind            stating that one of them            J u  ne 2                            were removed by Animal
                                                                                 June 2
        situation…                           had an active warrant for                                                Enforcement, and she was
                                             failing to show up for jury         A man reported that an               removed by brute force.
                                             duty. The caller demanded           unknown individual broke
        Deputies responded to a local        that the victim pay money           a bathroom window to gain
        motel after management               immediately to clear up the         entrance to his home. Nothing        A man was sleeping with a

        call about a man acting              matter. The caller next sent        was reported stolen from             loaded gun in his hand. When
        irrationally. When they              him a test message with a           the residence. The news was          he awoke, he decided to put

        arrived, the lunatic leaned          copy of the fake warrant.                                                it away. When placing the
        out of a second story window         Undaunted, the victim called        shattering and a pane to the         gun on safety, he decided to
                                                                                                                      pull the trigger ensure the
        and made obscene gestures at         law enforcement, explained          homeowner.                           safety was working. We think

        them. Deputies fingered him          what happened and asked if                                               you know where this item is
        for possessing illegal drugs.        this was legit. It was bogus,       Deputies spotted a golf cart         headed. Sure enough, the gun

                                             and the chowder head who            traveling down a main road,          discharged. The bullet hit the

        A man was working in his             made the call is being sought.  but somehow were unable to               man in the finger for not using
        yard when some cretin walked         He made a bad call…                 catch up with the driver. Fore! his brain.
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