Crime

18th suspect arrested in pill-pushing operation in DeBary

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DEBARY, Fla. -- An 18th suspect has been charged in a pill-pushing ring in DeBary with 48-year-old Patty Ann Russ of Deltona turning herself in to investigators at the Volusia County Sheriff's Office's DeBary headquarters in DeLand, Sheriff's spokesman Gary Davidson said. 

Beach Patrol officer accused of having sex with under-age girl contests termination

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The Volusia County Beach Patrol officer arrested earlier this month on charges of having sex with an under-age girl between 20-25 times at his Port Orange home, is now contesting his termination.

NSB woman among five arrested in undercover strip-club busts by Daytona Beach Shores cops

DAYTONA BEACH SHORES, Fla. -- Lauren Heaton, 18, of New Smyrna Beach, was among five young women employed as strippers at the Biggins Gentlemen's Club who made decent tip money showing their assets to paying customers.

NSB salon owner charged in fatal hit-and-run: She told cops knowing what happened "gnawed" at her

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Glenn Scott Gagnon, 42, died on the side of the roadway on the North Causeway just after 12:30 a.m. on Nov. 1. The vehicle that struck him never stopped.

Christopher Trull back in prison for absconding

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Christopher Trull is back in prison, where he belongs, according to the prosecutor who presided over the sensational murder trial for which he was found to be the least culpable among his three brothers in the slayings of two Maryland Spring Breakers and the near killing of a third a decade ago.

Christopher Trull -- middle of three brothers implicated in NSB Spring Break carnage -- captured Thursday after absconding from probation three years ago

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Christopher Trull the middle of the threeTrull brothers, who absconded from his probation nearly three years ago after a brief imprisonment for his role in the fatal attacks on a group of Spring Breakers here in New Smyrna Beach, was captured Thursday night in Nassau County after police there responded to a domestic violence call.