Hernando County criminal court sentencing outcomes

What happened in 256 criminal charges recorded in Hernando County, 2018–2026. Florida Clerk of Courts public records, under Fla. Stat. § 900.05.

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How criminal cases were sentenced in Hernando County

All 33,138 charges on this page combined, 2018–2026.

Sentencing outcome distribution for Hernando County
State prison		16.4%
County jail		39.5%
Adjudication withheld		11.0%
Diversion		11.7%
Sentence not recorded in the public data		21.4%

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Charges with published sentencing rates (106)

Charge	Records	Prison rate	vs Florida median
Prohibited actsFla. Stat. § 893.13	4,798	30.2%	+6.1
TheftFla. Stat. § 812.014	4,601	12.3%	−1.5
Use, possession, manufacture, delivery, transportation, advertisement, or retail sale of drug paraphernalia, specified machines, and materialsFla. Stat. § 893.147	2,903	0.0%	−0.1
Driving while license suspended, revoked, canceled, or disqualifiedFla. Stat. § 322.34	2,528	3.0%	+0.8
BatteryFla. Stat. § 784.03	2,030	4.1%	+0.9
BurglaryFla. Stat. § 810.02	1,120	62.9%	+15.6
Resisting officer without violence to his or her personFla. Stat. § 843.02	1,110	0.0%	+0.0
Driving under the influenceFla. Stat. § 316.193	1,100	2.4%	+1.2
Drivers must be licensedFla. Stat. § 322.03	993	0.0%	+0.0
Trespass in structure or conveyanceFla. Stat. § 810.08	625	0.5%	+0.3
Trespass on property other than structure or conveyanceFla. Stat. § 810.09	623	0.2%	−0.3
Criminal mischiefFla. Stat. § 806.13	550	7.6%	+1.2
Violation of an injunction for protection against domestic violenceFla. Stat. § 741.31	492	0.2%	−0.1
Reckless drivingFla. Stat. § 316.192	487	0.2%	+0.1
Domestic violenceFla. Stat. § 741.29	425	0.0%	+0.0
Crashes involving damage to vehicle or propertyFla. Stat. § 316.061	424	0.0%	+0.0
Registration requiredFla. Stat. § 320.02	377	0.0%	+0.0
Assault or battery of law enforcement officers and other specified personnelFla. Stat. § 784.07	355	24.5%	−2.7
Unlawful use of a two-way communications deviceFla. Stat. § 934.215	300	70.0%	+20.0
Penalties and violationsFla. Stat. § 379.401	249	0.0%	+0.0
Felons and delinquentsFla. Stat. § 790.23	212	73.6%	+10.1
Aggravated assaultFla. Stat. § 784.021	208	42.8%	+6.6
Fleeing or attempting to elude a law enforcement officerFla. Stat. § 316.1935	204	52.9%	+7.6
Uttering forged bills, checks, drafts, or notesFla. Stat. § 831.09	181	38.7%	+15.4
Prohibition against giving false name or false identification by person arrested or lawfully detainedFla. Stat. § 901.36	171	0.0%	−0.5
Criminal use of personal identification informationFla. Stat. § 817.568	171	42.7%	+7.2
Possession of certain drugs without prescriptions unlawfulFla. Stat. § 499.03	169	1.2%	+1.2
TraffickingFla. Stat. § 893.135	167	98.8%	+7.1
Dealing in stolen propertyFla. Stat. § 812.019	156	48.7%	+4.8
Felony batteryFla. Stat. § 784.041	138	31.2%	+3.0
Resisting, obstructing, or opposing by offering or doing violence to legally authorized person, police canine, or police horseFla. Stat. § 843.01	137	35.8%	+9.0
The Florida Pawnbroking ActFla. Stat. § 539.001	133	42.9%	+4.8
Retail and farm theftFla. Stat. § 812.015	123	8.9%	+2.6
Florida Communications Fraud ActFla. Stat. § 817.034	122	23.0%	+1.3
Fraudulent use of credit cardsFla. Stat. § 817.61	120	41.7%	+15.5
Assault or battery on persons 65 years of age or olderFla. Stat. § 784.08	120	15.8%	−3.0
Fugitives from justiceFla. Stat. § 941.02	116	0.0%	+0.0
Breach of the peaceFla. Stat. § 877.03	114	0.0%	+0.0
AssaultFla. Stat. § 784.011	98	0.0%	+0.0
Refusal to submit to testingFla. Stat. § 316.1939	91	0.0%	+0.0
Tampering with or harassing a witness, victim, or informantFla. Stat. § 914.22	89	30.3%	−1.8
County detention facilitiesFla. Stat. § 951.22	85	42.4%	+8.5
Aggravated batteryFla. Stat. § 784.045	83	54.2%	+0.7
Ownership, lease, rental, or possession for trafficking in or manufacturing a controlled substanceFla. Stat. § 893.1351	83	79.5%	+1.2
ProhibitionsFla. Stat. § 489.127	79	0.0%	−2.0
Cruelty to animalsFla. Stat. § 828.12	78	7.7%	+1.4
Carrying of concealed weapons or concealed firearmsFla. Stat. § 790.01	73	16.4%	+0.6
Loitering or prowlingFla. Stat. § 856.021	63	0.0%	+0.0
Violation of condition of pretrial releaseFla. Stat. § 903.0471	58	0.0%	+0.0
Preservation of native flora of FloridaFla. Stat. § 581.185	56	0.0%	+0.0
Tampering with or fabricating physical evidenceFla. Stat. § 918.13	55	43.6%	+12.4
Attaching registration license plate not assigned unlawfulFla. Stat. § 320.261	53	0.0%	+0.0
Hiring, leasing, or obtaining personal property or equipment with the intent to defraudFla. Stat. § 812.155	52	26.9%	+21.0
Arrest prior to requisitionFla. Stat. § 941.13	51	0.0%	+0.0
Emergency communicationsFla. Stat. § 365.172	50	0.0%	+0.0
ContemptsFla. Stat. § 900.04	50	0.0%	+0.0
StalkingFla. Stat. § 784.048	49	24.5%	+7.9
Assault or battery by a person who is being detained in a prison, jail, or other detention facility upon visitor or other detaineeFla. Stat. § 784.082	49	59.2%	+9.7
Uttering forged instrumentsFla. Stat. § 831.02	48	62.5%	+38.1
RobberyFla. Stat. § 812.13	44	77.3%	+4.4
Unlawful possession of the personal identification information of another personFla. Stat. § 817.5685	42	23.8%	+15.9
Crash involving death or personal injuriesFla. Stat. § 316.027	36	33.3%	+2.1
Improper exhibition of dangerous weapons or firearmsFla. Stat. § 790.10	34	0.0%	+0.0
Discharging firearm in public or on residential propertyFla. Stat. § 790.15	33	30.3%	+19.0
Disorderly intoxicationFla. Stat. § 856.011	31	0.0%	+0.0
Penalties for violating protective injunction against violatorsFla. Stat. § 784.047	31	0.0%	+0.0
PenaltiesFla. Stat. § 373.613	30	0.0%	+0.0
Florida Litter LawFla. Stat. § 403.413	29	0.0%	−2.5
False reports to law enforcement authoritiesFla. Stat. § 837.05	29	0.0%	+0.0
Driving while license permanently revokedFla. Stat. § 322.341	28	17.9%	−0.1
Shooting into or throwing deadly missiles into dwellings, public or private buildings, occupied or not occupiedFla. Stat. § 790.19	28	64.3%	+9.4
Threats or harassmentFla. Stat. § 836.12	28	0.0%	+0.0
MurderFla. Stat. § 782.04	25	68.0%	−8.3
Duty upon damaging unattended vehicle or other propertyFla. Stat. § 316.063	24	0.0%	+0.0
Trespass upon grounds or facilities of a schoolFla. Stat. § 810.097	24	0.0%	+0.0
Permitting unauthorized operator to driveFla. Stat. § 322.36	24	0.0%	+0.0
Keeping gambling houses, etcFla. Stat. § 849.01	24	0.0%	+0.0
Written or electronic threats to kill, do bodily injury, or conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorismFla. Stat. § 836.10	23	30.4%	−2.0
Tests of knowledge concerning specified vehiclesFla. Stat. § 322.57	23	0.0%	+0.0
Violation of an injunction for protection against stalking or cyberstalkingFla. Stat. § 784.0487	22	0.0%	+0.0
Possession of alcoholic beverages by persons under age 21 prohibitedFla. Stat. § 562.111	20	0.0%	+0.0
Manufacture, sale, possession, etc., of slot machines or devices prohibitedFla. Stat. § 849.15	20	0.0%	+0.0
Unlawful use of licenseFla. Stat. § 322.32	19	0.0%	+0.0
FraudFla. Stat. § 414.39	18	0.0%	−0.7
Confinement of animals without sufficient food, water, or exerciseFla. Stat. § 828.13	18	0.0%	+0.0
ArsonFla. Stat. § 806.01	17	64.7%	+11.8
Boating under the influenceFla. Stat. § 327.35	17	0.0%	+0.0
Robbery by sudden snatchingFla. Stat. § 812.131	17	35.3%	−6.4
Possession of burglary toolsFla. Stat. § 810.06	16	50.0%	+2.1
Giving worthless checks, drafts, and debit card ordersFla. Stat. § 832.05	16	0.0%	−9.4
Plays at games of chance by lotFla. Stat. § 849.11	16	0.0%
Racing on highways, street takeovers, and stunt drivingFla. Stat. § 316.191	15	0.0%	+0.0
Theft from persons 65 years of age or olderFla. Stat. § 812.0145	15	26.7%	+1.4
Tampering with an electronic monitoring deviceFla. Stat. § 843.23	15	80.0%	+30.7
Culpable negligenceFla. Stat. § 784.05	14	0.0%	−1.5
Depriving officer of means of protection or communicationFla. Stat. § 843.025	14	28.6%	−8.7
Risk protection ordersFla. Stat. § 790.401	13	15.4%	−1.3
CarjackingFla. Stat. § 812.133	13	69.2%	−5.3
Nonnative and captive wildlife penaltiesFla. Stat. § 379.4015	12	0.0%	+0.0
Interference with custodyFla. Stat. § 787.03	11	27.3%	−0.3
Persons engaged in criminal offense, having weaponsFla. Stat. § 790.07	11	18.2%	−24.9
Offenses involving vehicle identification numbers, applications, certificates, papersFla. Stat. § 319.33	10	30.0%	+11.1
Selling, giving, or serving alcoholic beverages to person under age 21Fla. Stat. § 562.11	10	0.0%	+0.0
Reckless or careless operation of vesselFla. Stat. § 327.33	10	0.0%	+0.0
Vehicular homicideFla. Stat. § 782.071	10	80.0%	+11.4
Affrays and riotsFla. Stat. § 870.01	10	0.0%	+0.0

Charges recorded but below the rate floor (150)

Fewer than 10 records, so we publish the count but not a sentencing rate. All 150 are listed and linked — the floor gates rates, never display.

Dogs and cats transported or offered for sale 9 cases
False information to law enforcement during investigation 9 cases
License required 9 cases
Exploitation of an elderly person or disabled adult 9 cases
Obedience to and effect of traffic laws 9 cases
Unlawful conveyance of fuel 9 cases
False reports of commission of crimes 9 cases
Dangerous excessive speeding 8 cases
Home-invasion robbery 8 cases
Introduction, removal, or possession of contraband 8 cases
Unauthorized possession of, and other unlawful acts in relation to, driver license or identification card 7 cases
Registration of convicted felons, exemptions 7 cases
Controlled substance named or described in s. 893.03 7 cases
Violations 7 cases
Power to punish contempts 7 cases
Selling, delivering, bartering, furnishing, or giving tobacco products to persons under 21 years of age 7 cases
Use of a fraudulently obtained or false receipt 7 cases
Escapes 6 cases
License restrictions 6 cases
Obtaining vehicles with intent to defraud, failing to return hired vehicle, or tampering with mileage device of hired vehicle 6 cases
Prohibited activities and defense 6 cases
Traffic in or possess counterfeit credit cards 6 cases
Accessory after the fact 6 cases
Trespass and larceny with relation to utility fixtures 6 cases
Alteration or removal of firearm serial number or possession, sale, or delivery of firearm with serial number altered or removed prohibited 6 cases
Penalty 6 cases
False and fraudulent insurance claims 6 cases
Possessing or discharging weapons or firearms at a school-sponsored event or on school property prohibited 5 cases
False personation 5 cases
Using firearm while under the influence of alcoholic beverages, chemical substances, or controlled substances 5 cases
Threat to throw, project, place, or discharge any destructive device, felony 5 cases
Expiration of registration 5 cases
Possession of short-barreled rifle, short-barreled shotgun, or machine gun 5 cases
Obtaining food or lodging with intent to defraud 5 cases
Persons who have disabilities 5 cases
Possessing certain forged notes, bills, checks, or drafts 5 cases
Forging bank bills, checks, drafts, or promissory notes 5 cases
Preventing or obstructing extinguishment of fire 5 cases
Taxes declared state funds 5 cases
Court procedure and penalties 5 cases
Unlawful acts in connection with motor vehicle odometer readings 4 cases
Wholesale and retail saltwater products dealers 4 cases
Intentional or reckless burning of lands 4 cases
Police powers of commission and its agents 4 cases
Prohibitions, violation, penalty, intent 4 cases
Casting more than one ballot at any election 4 cases
Use of scanning device, skimming device, or reencoder to defraud 4 cases
Nonresident 4 cases
Educational institutions or school boards 4 cases
Recordkeeping requirements 4 cases
License to carry concealed weapon or concealed firearm 4 cases
Failure of defendant on bail to appear 4 cases
Possession of firearm or ammunition prohibited when person is subject to an injunction against committing acts of domestic violence, stalking, or cyberstalking 4 cases
False official statements 4 cases
Penalties 4 cases
Battery by strangulation 4 cases
Theft 4 cases
False reports 4 cases
Counterfeiting license plates, validation stickers, mobile home stickers, cab cards, trip permits, or special temporary operational permits prohibited 4 cases
Abuse, aggravated abuse, and neglect of an elderly person or disabled adult 4 cases
Damage to public lands 3 cases
Violations and penalties 3 cases
Prohibitions 3 cases
Making, possessing, throwing, projecting, placing, or discharging any destructive device or attempt so to do, felony 3 cases
False report concerning planting a bomb, an explosive, or a weapon of mass destruction, or concerning the use of firearms in a violent manner 3 cases
Disposing of lighted substances, etc 3 cases
Refusal to submit to testing 3 cases
Retail fuel theft 3 cases
Return of license or registration to department 3 cases
Classification 3 cases
Credit or purchases 3 cases
No operation under foreign license during suspension, revocation, or disqualification in this state 3 cases
Counterfeiting a payment instrument 3 cases
Threats 3 cases
Temporary tags 3 cases
Corruption by threat against public servant 3 cases
Open house parties 3 cases
Wearing mask, hood, or other device on public way 3 cases
Obstruction of public streets, highways, and roads 3 cases
Penalties 3 cases
Unlawful to alter motor vehicle registration certificates, license plates, temporary license plates, mobile home stickers, or validation stickers or to obscure license plates 2 cases
Unlawful possession of a concealed handcuff key 2 cases
Assault or battery on specified officials or employees 2 cases
Possession of shopping carts, laundry carts, dairy cases, egg baskets, poultry boxes, or bakery containers 2 cases
Blue crab 2 cases
Prohibited acts 2 cases
Forgery 2 cases
Prohibited practices 2 cases
Exhibition or sale of wildlife 2 cases
Security required 2 cases
Counterfeit controlled substance 2 cases
Escapes from secure detention or residential commitment facility 2 cases
Obtaining property by false personation 2 cases
Offenses against users of computers, computer systems, computer networks, and electronic devices 2 cases
Wearing mask while committing offense 2 cases
License and appointment required 2 cases
Collisions, accidents, and casualties 2 cases
Administration 2 cases
Boats 1 case
Offenses against police canines, fire canines, SAR canines, or police horses 1 case
Nuisances injurious to health, penalty 1 case
Approaching a first responder with specified intent after a warning 1 case
Transfer without delivery of certificate 1 case
Lottery prohibited 1 case
Misuse of laser lighting devices 1 case
Noncriminal traffic infractions 1 case
Duty to report 1 case
Open burning authorized by the Florida Forest Service 1 case
Interference with railroad track and other equipment prohibited 1 case
Medicaid provider fraud 1 case
Unmarked human burials 1 case
Dealing in, buying, transporting, and processing saw palmetto berries 1 case
Penalty for violations 1 case
Coin-operated vending machines and parking meters 1 case
Inhalation, ingestion, possession, sale, purchase, or transfer of harmful chemical substances 1 case
Moneys received by contractors 1 case
State hemp program 1 case
Florida Kratom Consumer Protection Act 1 case
Disorderly conduct on the premises of an establishment 1 case
Principal in first degree 1 case
Florida Money Laundering Act 1 case
Determination of indigent status 1 case
Recreational fires 1 case
Bigamy 1 case
Unlawful subleasing of a motor vehicle 1 case
Fraudulently changing marks on animal 1 case
Financial responsibility for property damage 1 case
Penalty for failure to submit to test 1 case
Other prohibited acts 1 case
Installation or use of tracking devices or tracking applications 1 case
Breaking or injuring fences 1 case
Nonsupport of dependents 1 case
Hull identification number required 1 case
Identification cards 1 case
Unlawful use of state transportation facility right-of-way 1 case
Unqualified electors willfully voting 1 case
Penalties for violations of this chapter 1 case
Motor vehicle dealers 1 case
Dealer’s credit for collecting tax 1 case
False or fraudulent acknowledgments 1 case
Moneys received for real property improvements 1 case
Perjury in official proceedings 1 case
Illegal taking and possession of deer and wild turkey 1 case
Bribery 1 case
Falsifying records 1 case
Safe storage of firearms required 1 case
Obstruction by disguised person 1 case
Intentional killing or wounding of any species designated as endangered, threatened, or of special concern 1 case
Prohibited use of certain lights 1 case
Medical use of marijuana 1 case

How Hernando County compares

Sorted alphabetically, Hernando County highlighted.

Place	Charges recorded	Prison rate
Alachua County	38,858	22.7%
Baker County	4,943	17.4%
Bay County	96,478	13.7%
Bradford County	5,763	30.6%
Broward County	84,301	8.6%
Calhoun County	3,153	18.7%
Charlotte County	32,105	12.1%
Citrus County	31,380	19.4%
Clay County	28,449	11.0%
Collier County	41,300	9.4%
Columbia County	14,157	12.9%
Desoto County	10,926	19.3%
Dixie County	3,205	25.5%
Duval County	206,660	9.7%
Escambia County	128,327	3.7%
Flagler County	1,728	13.3%
Franklin County	3,869	8.5%
Gadsden County	1,491	0.0%
Gilchrist County	2,361	14.9%
Glades County	2,315	8.3%
Gulf County	3,013	19.1%
Hamilton County	2,702	18.4%
Hardee County	6,193	11.4%
Hendry County	12,149	8.3%
Hernando County	33,138	16.4%
Highlands County	19,572	13.3%
Hillsborough County	319,568	12.8%
Holmes County	6,110	16.9%
Indian River County	32,140	10.7%
Jackson County	7,725	19.0%
Jefferson County	3,238	12.2%
Lafayette County	1,157	7.5%
Lake County	32,308	8.9%
Lee County	72,249	8.8%
Leon County	49,236	11.5%
Levy County	6,513	13.6%
Liberty County	1,913	11.7%
Madison County	2,926	8.8%
Manatee County	65,870	10.5%
Marion County	76,525	17.1%
Martin County	33,253	16.8%
Miami-Dade County	173,303	20.7%
Monroe County	21,565	7.0%
Nassau County	13,982	10.4%
Okaloosa County	52,032	4.7%
Okeechobee County	13,850	14.5%
Orange County	118,572	6.7%
Osceola County	31,877	9.1%
Palm Beach County	269,709	6.2%
Pasco County	102,312	15.0%
Pinellas County	206,330	12.2%
Polk County	116,317	8.1%
Putnam County	20,323	20.5%
Santa Rosa County	36,943	9.7%
Sarasota County	83,332	10.7%
Seminole County	62,532	9.7%
St. Johns County	44,265	10.0%
St. Lucie County	36,365	21.0%
Sumter County	24,588	14.4%
Suwannee County	6,056	20.1%
Taylor County	3,766	12.1%
Union County	1,981	28.6%
Volusia County	179,557	15.0%
Wakulla County	4,926	12.9%
Walton County	17,500	9.3%
Washington County	5,201	13.6%

Where this sentencing data comes from

Florida Clerk of Courts public records, under Fla. Stat. § 900.05. Window: 2018–2026. Sentencing rates are published only where a charge has at least 10 records in Hernando County; below that we publish the count alone. Percentages are weighted by case count, and are shares of all charges recorded — not of convictions.

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