A Villager charged with striking a golf cart with her SUV and then fleeing the scene wants a judge to suppress key evidence in the case.
Noreen Nevrly, 76, of the Village of Hillsborough, has been charged in the March 31, 2025, hit-and-run crash in which Villager Roseanna Diiuro was knocked from her golf cart onto the pavement. Diiuro suffered a traumatic brain injury, 14 broken ribs, a broken clavicle, a broken scapula, punctured lungs, and other extensive internal trauma. Her husband had been traveling in the golf cart with her but escaped serious injury.
A Florida Highway Patrol trooper showed up at Nevrly’s house the following day, suspecting that it was Nevrly’s SUV that struck the golf cart. The SUV had been captured on a gate camera at about the time of the crash.
The arrest report indicated that the FHP investigator spoke to Nevrly’s husband, who voluntarily opened the garage door so the trooper could inspect the vehicle. The report said that Nevrly was in the house, and when she realized what was going on, she opened an interior door to the garage and shut the main garage door. By that time, the trooper had already noted damage to the SUV consistent with the hit-and-run case and confirmed its license plate number was the same one captured on gate camera surveillance near the time of the crash.
Nevrly’s attorney wants that evidence suppressed.
The attorney contends that the trooper never verified that the man—identified in his report as Nevrly’s husband, Stephen—was actually her spouse, and never verified that he was an occupant of the home. The attorney also attacked the notion that the trooper initiated a “consensual encounter,” suggesting that Nevrly clearly ended any voluntary interaction when she closed the garage door.
However, the investigator persuaded the man he had met outside to reopen the garage door and went on to announce that he would be seizing the SUV.
In addition, there may be a problem due to a lack of evidence regarding the golf cart that Nevrly’s SUV allegedly struck. Leonard Diiuro, Roseanna’s husband, took the golf cart in for repairs before the FHP or Nevrly’s attorney had a chance to inspect the damage, according to a document submitted to the court by the defense.
In April, Nevrly sought an expansion of her limited driving privileges, indicating that her husband had been moved to advanced hospice care. In the motion, she indicated she would also need to travel to Marion County for “funeral-related matters.”
In June, her attorney filed a motion asking for permission for Nevrly to travel to Lake Panasoffkee on a regular basis to volunteer at the Humane Society/SPCA of Sumter County. Nevrly previously adopted a rescue dog through the Humane Society.
The Chicago native remains free on $5,000 bond.