VCBJ / Geoffrey Elliott Goodrich, 27, of Port Orange, was arrested Aug. 2 on charges of sexualy abusing a 14-year-old Edgewater girl after drugging her.
Courtesy photo / Julius Bruggeman A bobcat like this one was reportedly seen in early February on the beachside in New Smyrna Beach.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A man asking for directions in a pick-up truck on Canal Street tried to abduct a 33-year-old woman in early February, demanding oral sex, but she managed to get away from him, New Smyrna Beach police said.
SAMSULA, Fla. -- Fourth-grader Donnie Padgitt was among the many children at Samsula Academy on Monday to receive a fast-break visit from "Hot Shot" Aundre Branch, a member of the world-famous Harlem Globetrotters.
Photos by Dale Smith / Joie Alexander is all smiles in her first weeks since being sworn in as the district 3 representative on the Volusia County Council, following her overwhelming Nov. 2 election victory over private attorney George Trovato.Just a year shy of a decade with the Volusia County Council, Joie Alexander was term-limited from the at-large seat before deciding in the 11th hour last year to seek the district 3 seat held by term-limited Jack Hayman. Fighting off the label of career politician, Alexander finished first in the Aug. 24 primary in a field of seven and then easily defeated finalist George Trovato in the Nov. 2 general election with 56-plus percent of the vote.
The Newsmaker Q & A interview was conducted by contributing writer Dale Smith.
PORT ORANGE -- Joie Alexander believes in sage words spoken by others who have had an impact on her life. Take Will Rogers, for example: "Don't let yesterday use up too much of today."
Courtesy photos VCBJ / Kendell Ratley, 25, of DeLand (shown at far left), is charged with first-degre murder ( with a firearm) and armed robbery with a firearm in the Monday shooting of 22-year-old Erin Grey of Deltona.Listen to the dramatic 911 call made by the victim's brother, Nicholas Gray, pleads with a dispatcher: "Please I don't want her to die" and he's heard pleading with his mortally wounded sister: "Erin, please don't leave me."
DELTONA -- Saying he's a good person who carries his Bible every day, a Deland man charged with first-degree murder and armed robbery this afternoon, told Volusia County Sheriff's investigators he accidentally shot and killed a Deltona woman in her garage.
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