Terrion Arnold arrested in Tampa robbery case tied to Hernando worker

Terrion Arnold was arrested in Tampa on June 24 in a robbery and kidnapping case that also ensnared a Brooksville school employee, pulling Hernando County into a violent investigation that began months earlier in Hillsborough County. The local link runs through Lyndell G. Hudson II, a Hernando County School District paraprofessional whose name has now surfaced in a case prosecutors say started as revenge.

Tampa police said the Feb. 4 attack unfolded in the 14-thousand block of North 46th Street at Eagles Point at Tampa Palms Apartments, where three adult men in their late teens were lured into an apartment and then battered, held at gunpoint, pistol-whipped, robbed and forced to leave. Investigators said four of Arnold’s friends were inside the apartment and carried out the assault while Arnold was not physically present.

Police have said Arnold rented an Airbnb in Largo and periodically stayed there with several co-defendants. On Feb. 3, Arnold and others reported more than $250,000 in property loss to Largo police, and investigators say the retaliation stemmed from Arnold’s belief that the young men had robbed that rental. Police also said one co-defendant streamed the assault to Arnold and others as they were traveling to the apartment, while a group chat was used by the suspects and directions were given during the attack.

Arnold now faces multiple felony counts that could carry a potential life sentence if he is convicted. Tampa police said six other people had already been arrested before Arnold, including Hudson, Arianna Del Valle, Jasmine Randazzo, Christion Williams, Boakai Hilton and Freddie Hughes. Investigators have identified Hilton as helping orchestrate the retaliation, and court filings show the case has stayed active, with a judge rejecting two defense motions that sought to limit what investigators could access.

Hudson’s arrest tied the case directly to Hernando County. He was taken into custody off campus on Feb. 12 with help from the U.S. Marshals Service and the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office, after working as a paraprofessional at Endeavor/Discovery Academy. The Hernando County School District said Hudson began employment on Aug. 19, 2025, was placed on administrative leave and would not return to campus while the investigation continued.

Parents in Hernando County reacted with concern after learning that a school employee had been linked to a case involving robbery, kidnapping and an alleged organized revenge plot. For district families, the issue now reaches beyond the NFL name attached to the case and into the broader question of how a school worker became part of a violent criminal conspiracy.