Woman arrested in Brooksville for deadly hit-and-run that dragged pedestrian 87 feet

A woman has been arrested nearly a year after a hit-and-run crash in Brooksville that killed a 45-year-old pedestrian, who was dragged 87 feet, authorities said. The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office identified her as the driver behind the wheel, but the sheriff’s office has not released the suspect’s name or formal charging details in the initial notice.

The crash left the adult pedestrian dead and evidence at the scene indicated the body was dragged 87 feet, according to the information released with the arrest announcement. The research notes that prompted the arrest statement do not include the victim’s name, the exact date or location of the original crash in Brooksville, or the arrest date and booking details for the woman now in custody.

Hernando County Sheriff’s Office is explicitly named as involved in the investigation. The records provided to reporters did not include whether Florida Highway Patrol or other agencies assisted, nor did they include a coroner’s report, autopsy findings, or any criminal charge language such as vehicular homicide, leaving the scene, or reckless driving.

The arrest announcement was released amid a busy law-enforcement reporting period in Hernando County. Separate reporting notes that a Tampa man, James Lee Carlton, 41, was arrested after a dangerous vehicle pursuit through Hernando County that ended on Cortez Boulevard in Brooksville; Florida Highway Patrol troopers identified Carlton and said he was taken into custody shortly after 10 p.m. Monday and is facing multiple charges, including fleeing and eluding.

Also in regional court and police reporting, 51-year-old Tammy Annette Wierzbicki of Weeki Wachee was taken into custody last Monday following a months-long investigation into the disappearance of $52,000 from a bank vault; court documents list multiple felony counts including scheme to defraud, conspiracy to commit grand theft and unlawful use of a two-way communication device. In a separate case, 43-year-old Jennifer Pachero was sentenced in January 2026 to three years in prison for sexual abuse tied to incidents in 2019; family members said, "the greatest injustice in her case was not only what happened inside her home in 2019, but the years of silence, inaction, and delay that followed while the suspect lived openly and freely."

A June 4 Brooksville street-racing matter also remains in local dockets. Reporting references a 19-year-old charged in a deadly street race and a Florida Highway Patrol press release that names Paul Snyder as arrested on charges of vehicular homicide, leaving the scene of a crash, racing, driving while license suspended, operating an unregistered vehicle and having no insurance.

Key details for the Brooksville hit-and-run remain to be confirmed publicly: the suspect’s name and age, exact arrest date, the crash location and date, the victim’s identity, and formal charges. The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office and the county court clerk’s records are the next places where those documents and arraignment dates should appear.