HERNANDO COUNTY, Fla. -- Deputies say a driver fled a traffic stop, dragging a deputy, and that the driver faces several charges. Megan Elaine Lloyd, 25, arrested after incident Deputy Tonya Shutt treated for injuries Lloyd accused of fleeing traffic stop, dragging deputy The incident happened just before 3:30 p.m. Tuesday on McKethan Road, south of Cortez Boulevard. Deputy Tonya Shutt conducted a traffic stop on a grey GMC Sierra, according to the Hernando County Sheriff's Office. Shutt approached the vehicle, and the driver began to flee from the stop, dragging Shutt a "short distance." The driver, identified by investigators as Megan Elaine Lloyd, 25, was caught a short time later in Pasco County. She was charged with fleeing to elude, aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest with violence, the Sheriff's Office said. Shutt, 48, was taken to a hospital for non-life-threatening-injuries. The Pasco County Sheriff's Office assisted in the capture and … [Read more...] about Hernando County deputy dragged from traffic stop; suspect charged
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Void the warrant and destroy the records. So says lawyer of Hernando County commissioner up on prostitution-related charges
BROOKSVILLE — Citing jurisdictional and procedural mistakes, the attorney for suspended Hernando County Commissioner Nick Nicholson is seeking to void the warrant for his arrest on prostitution-related charges and to erase all records of his arrest.In a motion filed last week, attorney Peyton Hyslop argued that Nicholson’s arrest warrant, handled by the Circuit Court, was incorrectly filed because "a circuit judge has no authority to hear or try a case that only accuses misdemeanors.’’The warrant also does not list the county where it was issued, as required by law, Hyslop said. According to arrest records, the warrant was issued in Marion County rather than Hernando County.Hyslop asserted that the court erred in issuing a warrant instead of a simple summons, because "the judge had no reason to believe that the person against whom the complaint was made will not appear upon a summons.Hernando County deputies confronted Nicholson last month at his Brooksville … [Read more...] about Void the warrant and destroy the records. So says lawyer of Hernando County commissioner up on prostitution-related charges
Woman says Hernando County commissioner kept her as a ‘sex slave’
SPRING HILL — A woman who answered the door Friday at the home of Hernando County Commissioner Nick Nicholson said she served for months as a “sex slave” to the elected official. Valerie Surette, who called herself a 30-year-old stripper with an on-and-off drug problem, was one of two women named in charging documents when Nicholson was arrested Thursday on prostitution-related charges. Nicholson, 71, preyed on her “vulnerability” and that of other women like her, Surette said. She had sex with Nicholson in exchange for a place to live and cash for groceries, drugs and drug rehabilitation, she said. “I had originally agreed to the arrangement,” Surette said. “I did work at a strip club, but that’s different. Here, I was a sex slave … Whatever he wanted, I had to do." PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Hernando County commissioner arrested on prostitution charges The commissioner faces charges of operating a location for prostitution and … [Read more...] about Woman says Hernando County commissioner kept her as a ‘sex slave’
Woman says Hernando County commissioner kept her as a sex slave’
Valerie Surette, who called herself a 30-year-old stripper with an on-and-off drug problem, was one of two women named in charging documents when Nicholson was arrested Thursday on prostitution-related charges.RELATED COVERAGE: Hernando County commissioner arrested on prostitution chargesNicholson, 71, preyed on her "vulnerability" and that of other women like her, Surette said. She had sex with Nicholson in exchange for a place to live and cash for groceries, drugs and drug rehabilitation, she said."I had originally agreed to the arrangement," Surette said. "I did work at a strip club, but that’s different. Here, I was a sex slave ... Whatever he wanted, I had to do."The commissioner faces charges of operating a location for prostitution and two counts of purchasing services from a person engaged in prostitution, according to the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office. On Thursday night, the Republican Executive Committee of Hernando County voted to ask Nicholson to resign from … [Read more...] about Woman says Hernando County commissioner kept her as a sex slave’
Hernando County commissioner arrested on prostitution charges
BROOKSVILLE — Hernando County Commissioner Nick Nicholson, 71, was arrested Thursday by the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office on multiple prostitution-related charges.Nicholson was booked into the Hernando County Detention Center on one count of operating a location for the purpose of lewdness, assignation or prostitution and two counts of purchasing services from a person engaged in prostitution, according to the Sheriff’s Office.The charges stem from a February incident when deputies were called to Nicholson’s Spring Hill home after a couple living with him got into a dispute. Kendel Surette, 33, and Valerie Surette, 30, were arguing, and he threw a screwdriver that struck her, according to reports. Kendel Surette was charged with domestic battery, but the prosecutor declined to follow through with the charge, according to court records.Kendel Surette told deputies that Nicholson housed and fed the couple, who had been there about six months, in exchange for … [Read more...] about Hernando County commissioner arrested on prostitution charges