11 arrested in Ridge Manor drug bust, sheriff says
Deputies seized fentanyl, stolen guns and stolen vehicles at a Ridge Manor compound, arresting 11 people after a months-long probe.
Deputies arrested 11 people Wednesday morning after a months-long investigation led them to 4812 Oakfield Circle in Ridge Manor, a property just east of the Interstate 75 and State Road 50 interchange. The Hernando County Sheriff's Office said the search turned up at least 60 grams of fentanyl, three stolen firearms and two stolen vehicles.
Hernando investigators worked the warrant service with dozens of Citrus County Sheriff's Office deputies. The sheriff's office identified Mark Shawn Gordon, 62, as the main target of the probe and said he faced methamphetamine and fentanyl charges along with felony possession of a firearm.
The 11 people arrested at the property were Kayla Grimaldi, Kylee Bare, Blaine Reffuse, Mark Shawn Gordon, Mark Dillan Gordon, Kenneth Oneal, Rita Valinski, Evolin Waters, Audrey Perrine, Michael Stoots and Melissa Gordon. HCSO said the investigation remains active, leaving open the possibility of additional charges or another arrest as detectives continue to work the case.
The Ridge Manor address sits in a rural pocket of Hernando County that can look quiet from the highway, but this operation put one property squarely in the center of a narcotics, firearms and stolen-property case. Online property records list 4812 Oakfield Cir, Dade City, as a 2-bedroom, 3-bath home, underscoring how a single location can become the focus of a far larger enforcement effort.
The seizure also fits a broader enforcement pattern in Hernando County. HCSO's press-release index shows other recent narcotics cases in Brooksville and Spring Hill, including a February 2025 operation that yielded 442 grams of fentanyl and a March 2026 case that seized 65.1 grams of methamphetamine, 6.6 grams of fentanyl and two firearms. In Ridge Manor, deputies tied fentanyl, stolen guns and stolen vehicles to the same compound, and investigators are still sorting out the full scope of the case.
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