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Police reportsBy Times staff reports© St. Petersburg Times published December 27, 2001 Suspect arrested in gunplaySPRING HILL -- Hernando County Sheriff's detectives were investigating a shooting Wednesday afternoon outside a home in Spring Hill. According to Lt. Joe Paez, deputies responded to a call from a neighbor who said he saw a man in a red sports car pull up to a home at 11237 Leland St., fire two shots, then flee. Paez said authorities arrested a man fitting that description a short time later at Delbarton Street and Mariner Boulevard as he was leaving the area. No details were immediately available on the man's identity or a possible motive. Paez said no injuries were reported. Man charged with exploiting womanSPRING HILL -- A 27-year-old Spring Hill man was charged Tuesday with exploiting an elderly woman whose home he rented. According to a Sheriff's Office report, Peter Evons, of 3317 Landover Blvd., cashed two checks worth $6,000 from the woman's account at SouthTrust Bank. Authorities discovered a warrant that had been issued for his arrest in August after clocking Evons speeding Tuesday on Spring Drive. He was held in the Hernando County Jail in lieu of $750 bail. Bar brawl leads to hospital, jailHERNANDO BEACH -- A Christmas Eve brawl outside BJ Gators in Hernando Beach sent a man to the hospital and then to jail. Billy Joel Hicks, 35, and Roderick Thacker, 48, traded blows after an evening spent celebrating at the bar, according to a Hernando County sheriff's report. Witnesses said Hicks was heavily intoxicated and instigated the fight, the report said. Afterward, he lay on the ground bleeding and was taken to Oak Hill Hospital for treatment. On the way, according to the report, Hicks attacked a rescue worker inside the ambulance, punching him twice in the chest. Rescue workers and a deputy restrained Hicks, who was treated and released from the hospital before going to jail on battery charges. Man held in theft of benefit fundsSPRING HILL -- A 19-year-old Spring Hill man was charged Friday with stealing cash from a fund to benefit the family of Michael Altieri, who was fatally stabbed earlier this month inside his home. Ryan Alexander Munsey, of Barclay Avenue, turned himself in to the Sheriff's Office on Friday after the owner of Big John's Auto Repair reported a 5-gallon water jug containing $800 to $1,000 missing from the waiting room of the business at 15252 Spring Hill Drive. According to a Sheriff's Office report, Munsey admitted taking the jug, but said it only contained $83, which he gave to authorities. Munsey was charged with grand theft and taken to the Hernando County Jail. Two teens charged in rampageSPRING HILL -- Two teens were arrested Sunday and charged with 10 counts of criminal mischief after they admitted going on a baseball bat-wielding rampage in Spring Hill, smashing car windows and throwing a brick through the window of a limousine. Authorities withheld their names because of their ages. The incidents occurred at Auburndale Street and Marshall Avenue, Allegro Avenue, Amherst Avenue, Eunice Avenue, Dristol Avenue, Redgate Street and Statler Avenue.
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