Daytona newspaper's own archives show issue was addressed in March 10, 2008 publication, despite sensational reporting earlier this month as 'news'

DAYTONA BEACH -- Even though County Chair-elect Jason Davis told a Daytona Beach News-Journal reporter in a front page story on Dec. 6, that a charge of fraud against him a decade ago had been dropped in an interview he gave the newspaper four years ago when he was running for Congress and published, it was nonetheless reported as fresh "news."

An online search of the News-Journal's print archives shows that indeed Jason Davis was telling the truth as demonstrated in a story published March 10, 2008, on the print newspaper's local section front under the headline, "Incumbent Fennel no sure thing for House seat."

Prosecutor: Victim killed in 'ambush' shoot-out

Jerry Crew was found guilty of second-degree murder in the April 16, 2011, shooting death of 19-year-old Donnell Ellis Jr., even though he didn't pull the trigger. Ellis was actually killed when he and Crews lured a drug dealer and two associates into a motel room with the intention of robbing them and shots were fired.

DAYTONA BEACH -- After a lasting four days, a Volusia County jury deliberated for three hours Thursday before finding 56-year-old Jerry Roy Crew of Holly Hill guilty of second-degree felony murder and robbery, offenses that could net him a sentence of up to life in prison.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Jim Newcomb isn't the only captain in the Daytona Beach police force to have been involved in alleged wrongdoing that Chief Michael Chitwood has managed to keep under the radar while all too eager to publicly make examples of patrol cops accused of wrongdoing under supervision of these very captains. 

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The Rolex 24 ended up being a cake walk the Chip Ganassi racing teams which finished 1-2 in the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Despite appealing directly to elected officials and top administrators at Wednesday'ds City Commission meetimng, Headline Sufer, the New Smyrna Beach-based 24/7 Internet newspaper continues to be scrambling for police-related news through other competing media outlets because it is not receiving anything from the Daytona Beach Police Deartment.

Requests for details from Daytona cops by Internet newspaper go unanswered 

DAYTONA BEACH -- Daytona Beach police responded to a report of a possible explosive device that turned out to be a toy hand grenade tied to a utility poll across the street from the Star Family Shelter in the 600 block of North Segrave St. that had caused traffic tied-ups just after 11 p.m. Thursday, according to a story in the Daytona Beach News-Journal.

The story indicated the device was destroyed by the Sheriff's Bom squad. Calls by Headline Surfer to the DBPD's office public information office as well as e-mail messages went unanswered.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- No arrests have been made in two separate gunshot slayings in the city since the weekend, though Police Chief Michael Chitwood indicated to other local media outlets his officers have identified a person of interest in the second slaying.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Police confirmed through a press release that a man was shot to death Saturday. The press release, dated Dec. 1, was sent to Headline Surfer 5:42 p.m. Sunday after Headline Surfer complained it was excluded from the original release given to other media outlets when the news was breaking and wrote a story about it.