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Winter Park HS band director accused of possessing kiddie porn video of teen boy he allegedly had sex with has bonded out of jail

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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.

No April Fool's Joke: Gunman with mummy-like mask robs gas-convenience store outside Sanford city limits

By HENRY FREDERICK
Headline Surfer

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 weather: Rainy Wednesday with sun returning for rest of the week

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla -- With an 80 percent chance of rain on Wednesday, sunny skies will return Thursday over Central Florida for the rest of the week, according to the latest forecast from the National Weather Service in Melbourne.

A 'few good men and women' sought for Daytona Beach PoliceDepartment's COPs program

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 cops: Mom to be charged with neglect in near-drowning in hotel hot tub of child left unattended

By HENRY FREDERICK
Headline Surfer

 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.