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NSB photographer captures photo of a lifetime: shark jumping behind surfers
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Local photographer and surfer Kem McNair has received worlwide recognition for his July 3 photo of a 5-foot spinner shark that jumped behind two surfers near the South Jetty where 14 of the 15 shark-bite attacks have occurred this year.
15th NSB shark-bite victim has surgery for Achilles tendon rupture
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The 17-year-old Mims boy bitten by a shark while surfing Friday had surgery later that day at Bert Fish Medical Center for a ruptured tendon, his father told media outlets earlier today.
Accused Edgewater killer Russell Bradshaw tells judge he wants to be in cell by himself
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DELAND -- Edgewater resident Russell Charles Bradshaw, already found guilty of murdering 21-year-old Lisa Memro of New Smyrna Beach, told circuit Judge James R. Clayton on Friday that he doesn't want to share a cell with certain people out of fear he could be harmed.
Mims teen becomes 15th shark-bite victim in NSB surf; second victim in three days
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A 17-year-old surfer suffered a bite to his right foot today from a shark attack just after 9 this morning near the South Jetty that left him with a possibly ruptured tendon, authorities reported.
15-year-old Edgewater boy bitten by shark in NSB surf
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A 15-year-old Edgewater boy surfing near the South Jetty was bitten on the left foot by a shark after stepping on it while falling off his surfboard, the Volusia County Beach Patrol reported.
Emotions in motion at capital murder trial for Russell Bradshaw
Newspaper Section
Emotions ran the gamut during the trial of Russell Charles Bradshaw, the cold-blooded 22-year-old Edgewater killer who beat, strangled and finally slashed the throat of 21-year-old Lisa Memro of New Smyrna Beach before having sex with her lifeless body the night of Sept. 25, 2006. And more emotions are on the way as the same 12 jurors who pronounced him guilty of captal murder Monday will have a say in his punishment next week: Rot in prison for the rest of his life or spend years on Death Row awaiting a death sentence by way of lethal injection.
Edgewater resident Russell Bradshaw found guilty of capital murder
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A Volusia County jury returned a guilty verdict of first-degree murder against Edgewater resident Russell Charles Bradshaw after deliberating less than three hours this afternoon in the Sept. 25, 2006, throat-slash slaying of 21-year-old Lisa Memro. The jury will return next Monday to the Volusia County Courthouse in DeLand to hear evidence during the sentencing portion of the trial before determining whether he receives life in prison or death by lethal injection. Bradshaw showed no emotion when the verdict was read as well as a second guilty verdict to sexual abuse of a dead body.