Crime

DELAND, Fla. – A 40-year-old DeLand man was sentenced today to 30 years in prison followed by a lifetime of sexual predator probation for repeatedly raping a 12-year-old led to his arrest in 2016 after the mother found out about the situation and called the cops.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Never in his worst nightmare did Sanford Mayor Jeff Triplett ever dream he'd make national headlines of his own 3 1/2 years after a jury in Seminole County acquitted George Zimmerman of second-degree murder in the 2012 shooting death of unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.

DELAND, Fla -- Alvin Mortimer, a Deltona resident with a lengthy criminal record who has repeatedly baited County Councilwoman Heather Post in Facebook rants apparently got too close for comfort in confronting her in an aggressive manner during a break in a recent public meeting that convinced a judge earlier today to slap him with a year-long restraining order.

DELAND, Fla -- Laralee Spear, figuratively and litteally, was the girl next door when she met her cruel fate 25 years ago today to be exact.

WINTER PARK, Fla -- The band director at Winter Park High School, accused of possessing a pornographic video in which he allegedly had sex with an underage teenage boy, has bonded out of the Orange County jail, authorities said.

SANFORD, Fla -- Do you know this guy?

Early Monday around 3 a.m., this masked suspect robbed a Circle K convenience store located on Orange Boulevard in unincorporated Sanford. He was armed with a handgun and had a white t-shirt covering his face that had him looking like a mummy.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla -- An active and involved citizenry is vital to the Daytona Beach Police Department's success and there are several ways residents can get more involved with its operations, says the agency's leader.

 DAYTONA BEACH SHORES, Fla -- The near-drowning of a 3-year-old boy in a hot tub Sunday night at Perry’s Ocean Edge Resort, 2209 South Atlantic Ave., is expected to result in criminal charges of neglect, Daytona Beach Shores cops said.

Apryl Connolly, 36, of Deltona, is expected to be booked on the felony charges and transported to the Volusia County Branch Jail, according to Daytona Beach Shores Police Capt. Mike Fowler.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla -- Eleven people were hurt early this morning when a stolen van crashed into a Votran bus in Daytona Beach, cops said.

A child on the bus was among the injured in the collision in the area of Orange Avenue and Lincoln Street.

ORMOND BEACH, Fla. -- Two off-duty Volusia County sheriff’s deputies were arrested on DUI charges in separate incidents this weekend.