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Kenneth W. Crist, 23, of 605 Goodwin Ave., New Smyrna Beach, was arrested Friday on charges of possessing photos of child pornography.  According to New Smyrna Beach police, the sexually explicit photos possessed by Crist included that of a child no older than 3.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Police uncovered a dirty little secret behind the doors of 605 Goodwin Ave. when they arrived with a search warrant Friday morning. The occupant of the residence, 23-year-old Kenneth W. Crist soon found himself behind bars, charged with possessing pornographic photos of children, New Smyrna Beach police said.

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Vicki Teneyck, 54, of Ormond Beach, was arrested Friday after telling deputies she made up a claim of being abducted. 

ORMOND BEACH -- A 54-year-old Ormond Beach woman who claimed to be the victim of an abduction at the hands of a knife-wielding attacker is in jail after Volusia County Sheriff's investigators discovered that the woman's story was just that -- a story.

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DELTONA -- The Winn-Dixie at 1200 Deltona Blvd. is among 30 stores in the Southeast that are closing as part of a restructuring, the Jacksonville-based grocery giant announced Thursday.

The Winn-Dixie on State Road 44 in New Smyrna Beach and the store on U.S. 1 in Edgewater are not affected by the closings, which are expected to be completed by Sept. 22, the company said in a press release.

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The body of a man that was found in reeds in the Halifax River was identified Wednesday as that of Franklin Lewis Yakym, 51, a homeless man.

DAYTONA BEACH -- The decomposing body of a man found Tuesday in the reeds near the shoreline of the Halifax River on Riverside Drive in Holly Hill has been identified as 51-year-old Franklin Lewis Yakym, who had been living in a homeless shelter, Daytona Beach police said.

John Lester Turnblom, 90, of Edgewater, born in Worcester, Mass., and served in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II, receiving the Bronze Star, died Monday, July 26, 2010. Full obituary under Settle-Wilder Funeral Hiome listings.

Cassandra Fought, 60, of New Smyrna Beach, a homemaker, died Monday, July 26, 2010.

Peter Frederick Funk, 85, of New Smyrna Beach, former owner/operator of an automobile dealership, died Monday, July 26, 2010.

John "Jack" Slater, 76, of New Smyrna Beach, an actor, died Sunday, July 25, 2010. Full obituary under Settle-Wilder Funeral Hiome listings.

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Johneschia Allen, 19, is accused of robbing a Daytona Beach-area convenience store.

DAYTONA BEACH -- A teenage woman accused of robbing a convenience store on Derbyshire Road turned herself in Wednesday night to anser criminal charges.

Johneschia Allen, 19, was being held on $30,000 bail at the Volusia County Branch Jail on charges of robbery with a firearm and use of a firearm during a felony.

ORANGE CITY -- Law enforcement authorities late Thursday afternoon made the safe recovery of a 6-year-old girl who was the subject of an Amber Alert out of Wildwood, Florida.

Volusia County Sheriff's deputies on alert for Karmen Barfield -- the little girl who reportedly was the victim of a parental abduction -- spotted her father's Ford pickup truck in the vicinity of Graves Avenue in Orange City.

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Here are two still photos taken from the surveillance video at the Kangaroo Express, showing a gunman who robbed the convenience store store Sunday night. If you know who this is, please call NSB police Detective Nicki Diffin at 386-424-2248.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Still photos from a surveillance video from Sunday' nights armed robbery at the Kangaroo Express Mart, 2600 N. Dixie Frwy., were released Wednesday to the media in hopes that someone will turn in the armed robber.

OAK HILL -- Police Chief Diane Young and her five officers were back on patrol mid-day Wednesday, one day after they received firearms certification from the Volusia County Sheriff's Office, which stepped in and policed the community in the interim.