A former Humane Society director and her husband have been arrested for allegedly embezzling $1.5 million from the shelter in an operation called Operation Heartless. At a Feb. 10 press conference, Hernando County Sheriff Al Nienhuis announced the Feb. 9 arrest of Susana Arneson and her husband Douglas O’Berry on three felony charges regarding the embezzlement of $1.5 million from the Humane Society of the Nature Coast, where Arneson was once employed as the shelter’s director of development. Bond is set for $750,000 for each of them. A task force assisting Hernando County detectives included members of the Pinellas and Pasco County Sheriff’s offices and the United States Secret Service. Arneson was not a stranger to Nienhuis. On Easter Sunday in April 2020, burglars broke into the shelter and stole 90 percent of the shelter’s supplies. During a tearful interview with WFLA, Arneson said, “It takes somebody who’s heartless to …