EDGEWATER -- A 27-year-old Port Orange man was arrested Tuesday on charges he committed sexual battery on a 14-year-old girl after drugging her to the point where she was incapacitated, Edgewater police said.

The alleged incident occurred in Edgewater the night before, Edgewater police Detective Chris DeRosa said, adding that the accused confessed to the crime in a telephone call from police, leading to his 12:10 p.m. Tuesday arrest.

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Just weeks before New Smyrna Beach's planning debacle brought dozens of city projercts to a grinding halt in June, Chad Lingenfelter, shown here with his hand raised, and Mark Rakowski, the two planners blamed by city officials for the mess, applied unsuccessfully for the planner's job in Oak Hill. See the attachments posted with this story for their applications to Oak Hill.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- In another bizarre twist in the city's planning debacle, then-Chief Planner Chad Ligenfelter and his former boss, Mark Rakowski, both applied for the planner's position in Oak Hill, just weeks before the scandal broke last month. Neither won over Oak Hill officials who were pleased and relieved New Smyrna Beach's embarrassment wasn't passed on to them.

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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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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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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.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- If you smelled smoke Wednesday around the dinner hour, it was from a 14-acre fire that was burning on Tomoka Farms Road just west of the city limits, fire officials said.

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The Volusia County Sheriff's Office brought out its big artillery, including a tank (shown above) to deal with a standoff with an angry husband who barricaded himself in his home after a fight with his wife, just outside the Edgewater City limits.