SPRING HILL, Fla. -- A Gulf Coast man is charged with killing his 81-year-old mother by beating her with a telephone and remote control and then holding her underwater in a pool. Hernando County sheriff's officials said Kevin Hart Simmons, 57, was arrested when deputies came to his Spring Hill home about 3 a.m. Sunday. His wife called 911 about the same time a medical alert summoned paramedics.
Officials say Dorothy Simmons was partly pulled from the pool when deputies showed up. Her legs were still in the water. Investigators say they do not know what set off Kevin Simmons. He is in the Hernando County jail without bail. It was unclear if he had a lawyer. Spring Hill is about 60 miles north of St. Petersburg.