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New Smyrna Beach cops asking the public's help finding local man reported missing since Sunday

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Cops are investigating a missing person's report involving a 49-year-old local man last seen on Sunday night.

EXCLUSIVE REPORTING: New Smyrna Beach Cops: Remembering Roy Nelson Jr. & k-9 Caesar 15 years after fatal crash took them away

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Today is a solemn anniversary for current and former cops for it is the 15th anniversary of the fatal crash that claimed the lives of New Smyrna Beach police officer Roy Nelson Jr. and his k-9 partner, Caesar.

COMING SOON: Special Report: How many strikes can shady cops get?

EDGEWATER, Fla. -- Andrew Spurlock was about to be fired from the Edgewater Police Department when he abruptly resigned for wrongdoing. He did the same thing at his first stop with the Ormond Beach Police Department.

Where will he resurafce next with so many personnel shortages in police forces throughout Central Florida and beyond, especially with all the talk recently about defunding of police depatments in the wakre of thje bGeorge Floyd homicide while in the custody of Minneapolis poliuce officers who have since been fired.

Daytona Beach community activist James Harper: City's Citizens Police Review Board is 'bogus'

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- James Harper, a freelance journalist and community activist is not a proponent of the municipality's Citizens Police Review Board established in the wake of nationwide protests in the wake of George Floyd's homicide while in the custody of four Minneapolis cops who were fired and await criminal prosecution in his murder.

INDICTED: Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg accused of stalking political opponent

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg is accused of stalking one of his political opponents, according to a federal indictment unsealed Tuesday that led to his arrest and presentment in US District Court.

BREAKING NEWS Daytona Beach Cops: K-9 officer crashes vehicle during 'lawful pursuit'

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A Daytona Beach k-9 officer crashed in what cops described as "an authorized pursuit today of a suspect wanted on a felony charge " and that the suspect is now in custody.

Sheriff's k-9 Yenky retires after serving the flying public for more than 10 years at Daytona Beach International Airport

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - After more than 10 years of bomb detection and protecting Daytona Beach International Airport, it was time for Yenky, K-9 officer, to turn in his badge in favor of retirement.