Hernando County Deputies Busy With Drug, Domestic Violence Arrests in Late March

Kay'Leigh Anne Callen faces five charges from a late-March booking that includes felony domestic battery by strangulation, false imprisonment and aggravated battery - allegations law enforcement treats as among the most urgent indicators of escalating intimate-partner violence. Callen's booking also carries an unlawful use of a two-way communications device charge under Florida Statute 934.215 and criminal mischief, rounding out a case that deputies and prosecutors typically flag for immediate victim-safety assessment.

Across the same period, Marc Allen Abdallah Jr. was booked on charges of methamphetamine possession, marijuana possession and fleeing or attempting to elude a law-enforcement officer, a combination that points to a stop that turned volatile. Under Florida Statute 316.1935(1), even a first-time fleeing charge carries felony-level exposure, and pairing it with a controlled-substance count suggests deputies had grounds to pursue the encounter well before Abdallah Jr. attempted to leave the scene.

John Earnest Collier Jr. was booked under report number 202600160628/1 on a failure-to-register-as-a-sex-offender charge after detectives located the absconded registrant in Weeki Wachee. Florida Statute 943.0435 requires sex offenders to maintain current registration, and locating a non-compliant registrant represents a distinct investigative priority for HCSO detectives. Christina Lynne Oxendine was arrested March 24 under report 202600160209/2 on a petit theft charge.

The March 26-27 daily service logs from HCSO reflect a broader workload that included DUI stops, driving-with-a-suspended-license citations, additional domestic-battery calls, missing-person incidents that were subsequently resolved and retail-theft arrests across the county - a pattern that spans Brooksville, Spring Hill and Weeki Wachee.

The booking records illustrate two persistent pressures the county continues to confront: methamphetamine distribution chains that feed street-level possession arrests, and domestic violence incidents ranging from battery calls to high-risk strangulation allegations. HCSO's vice and narcotics units operate alongside patrol deputies to address both, and victim-services referrals are standard protocol following domestic calls.

All individuals named in HCSO booking logs are presumed innocent. Charges at booking do not constitute convictions. For current case status, the Hernando County Clerk of Court maintains updated disposition records.

Residents can submit anonymous tips to Hernando County Crime Stoppers at 1-866-990-TIPS (8477) or by texting \*\*TIPS from a cell phone. Survivors of domestic or sexual violence can reach the Dawn Center's 24-hour hotline at (352) 686-8430. For substance-abuse treatment referrals, the Florida Rehab Hotline is available at (888) 675-3622. HCSO's non-emergency line is (352) 754-6830.