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SANFORD -- Jesse Jackson called for non violence while Al Sharpton demanded the Justice Department get involved in the wake of the not-guilty verdict by the all-woman jury in the George Zimmerman murder trial.

Photo by Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel / Pool / Headline Surfer / George Zimmerman leaves the courtroom a free man after being found not guilty, on Saturday, the 25th day of his trial at the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center, in Sanford. Zimmerman had been charged with second-degree murder in the February 2012 shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin.

SANFORD -- The jury in the George Zimmerman trial found him not guilty of second-degree murder in the February 2012 shooting death of unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.

The verdict was announced just before 10 p.m. at the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center in Sanford.

ORMOND BEACH -- The United Way Women's Initiative of Volusia County will hold its champagne social event 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Molto Bella Boutique, 140 N. Nova Road. It will include champagne and chocolate.

Admission is the donation of a silent auction item with 20% of all sales from the event to be donated to the Women's Initiative.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Like father, like son: For the first time in the history of the police department, the City of New Smyrna Beach has two generations of police officers.

When deciding which police department he wanted to work for, Shawn Adkins, son of NSBPD Investigator David Atkins, said it was an easy decision: “My Dad has been really successful at this agency and I have always felt like it was part of my family.”

DAYTONA BEACH -- With his thrilling victory in the crash-marred Coke Zero 400 Powered by Coca-Cola under the lights Saturday at Daytona International Speedway, 5-time Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson remains atop the season standings.

Photo for Headline Surfer / Victor Oladipo was in action Sunday in the Southwest Airlines Orlando Pro Summer League opener at the Amway Center, scoring 18 points with seven assists, six rebounds, five steals and two 3-pointers in the Magic’s 95-88 defeat of the Boston Celtics. The Magic are hoping the Oladipo, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2013 NBA Draft, can transition from college shooting guard to NBA point guard.

ORLANDO -- The Orlando Magic have signed rookie guard Victor Oladipo, who was drafted second overall by the team in the 2013 NSBA draft, General Manager Rob Hennigan has announced.

Headline Surfer graphic / A man drowned mid-day Saturday in the ocean ocean in the vicinity of the 600  in the 600 block of South Atlantic Avenue, in Ormond Beach, as shown in this locator map.

ORMOND BEACH -- The Fourth of July weekend has taken a tragic turn in Ormond Beach with a report that a 30-year-old man drowned earlier today in the waters off Ormond Beach.

The victim, whose name was not released was pulled to shore just before noon and treated on scene before transport to Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center in Daytona Beach where he was pronounced dead a short time later, Volusia County sheriff's dispatch Sgt. Mike Chilcot told Headline Surfer.