Mask and gun lead to man's arrest in Deltona gym
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DELTONA -- A man dressed all in black and carrying a black bag stood out to the employees and customers of a Deltona woman’s gym Wednesday morning.
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DeLand charter school teacher charged with sexual battery
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DELAND -- Sex crimes investigators with the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office have charged a teacher at a charter school in DeLand with sexually battering an elementary school student.
Jose Tirado, Jr. was arrested Wednesday morning on a warrant charging him with one count of sexual battery on a person under the age of 12. Investigators are looking into the possibility that there could be other victims. The victim who is the subject of the current criminal charge doesn’t attend the Boston Avenue Charter School, where Tirado teaches.
National Weather Service: Flood warning extended for Volusia County, in particular NSB and Oak Hill
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FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
551 AM EDT THU MAY 21 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...VOLUSIA COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OAK HILL...NEW SMYRNA BEACH...SOUTH DAYTONA...PORT ORANGE...PONCE INLET...PIERSON...OSTEEN...ORMOND
BEACH...ORANGE CITY...MAYTOWN...LAKE MONROE...LAKE HELEN...HOLLY HILL...EDGEWATER...DELTONA...DE LEON SPRINGS...DE LAND...DAYTONA
BEACH...BARBERVILLE...
Volusia County officials: NSB leads rainfall totals with 16.35 inches, followed by Daytona Beach at 16.1 and Edgewater at 15.82
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Due to the interaction of a stalled cold front and an upper-level low-pressure system, abundant moisture has prevailed over Volusia County since Sunday, said Shelley Szafraniec, spokeswoman for Volusia County, with New Smyrna Beach leading the way with 16.35 inches as of 7 a.m. today.
NSB officials brace for 2 more inches of rain in next 24 hours
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- City officials are bracing for an additional two inches of rainfall over the next 24 hours, police spokesman Sgt. Michael Brouillette said at 5 p.m today.
That' in addition to the 16.35 inches that fell by 7 a.m. today since Sunday, as well as additional amounts sporadically during the day, according to reports from the National Weather Service in Melbourne. These totals are the highest in Volusia County, but still far less than 27 inches recorded in Bunnell in Flagler County.
City Crews are manning or have managed pumps in the following locations:
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Body at Tomoka landfill identified; how it got there is a mystery
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DAYTONA BEACH -- The body of a man found Tuesday in the Tomoka Landfill just west of Daytona Beach has been identified as that of 52-year-old Michael D. Bobo of Holly Hill.
Bobo had been reported missing to the Holly Hill Police Department by his roommate on April 29. Investigators haven't determined how the body ended up at the landfill. However, an autopsy revealed the man died of natural causes, according to the findings of an autopsy conducted Wednesday by the Volusia County Medical Examiner's Office.
Congresswoman Kosmas to tour flooded areas of NSB on Friday
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Courtesy photo. Congresswoman Suzanne Kosmas, D-New Smyrna Beach, will tour flooded areas of New Smyrna Beach and Port Orange Friday morning.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Congresswoman Suzanne Kosmas will tour flooded areas of New Smyrna Beach and Port Orange on Friday morning to assess the damage and hear from Volusia County officials what additional help is needed, including a pledge to seek federal aid, if necessary to help flood victims who have had to cope with more than 16 inches of rain since Sunday.
Flood Warning in effect for greater NSB and Volusia County through 6 a.m. Friday
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NSBNEWS.net photo by Sera Frederick. A New Smyrna Beach Public Works employee guides runoff water from a hose into the ocean from nearby flooded streets Thursday caused by more than 16 inches of rain.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Volusia County remains under a Flood Warning until at least 6 a.m. Friday.
Additional rain is possible through the overnight hours, though rainfall amounts are forecasted to be less than one inch. With a 70-percent chance of rain forecasted for Friday, the Volusia County Emergency Operations Center will reopen at 8 a.m.
NSB Mayor, city manager tour flooded neighborhoods
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NSBNEWS.net photos by Sera Frederick. Photo at far left, David Hall, assistant street superintendent for New Smyrna Beach, updates Mayor Sally Mackay and Interim City Manager Khalid Resheidat on the flooding situation at Columbus and Atlantic on the beachside. With them are local residents Matt Wilson, Jimmy Johnston and Frank Dalton. In the photo above, Wilson walks through his front yard on Cedar Avenue.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Mayor Sally Mackay and interim City Manager Khalid Resheidat toured several flooded neighborhoods on the beachside during a lull in the rain this afternoon that has dumped 16.35 inches and counting.
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NSBNEWS.net photo by Sera Frederick. Your's truly inspects his collapsed ceiling.
When people think of flooding due to heavy rainfall, saturated yards, driveways and roads overrun with water usually come to mind. My experience with this nasty rain that has dumped more than 16 inches involved my roof. My small wood-frame house on North Dixie Freeway was built in the mid 1920s. In the year's time I've owned it, I allowed debris from the large oak branches over it to collect on the roof. After awhile, that debris breaks down and seeps in. After a rainstorm like this, boom! Water built up above the ceiling and a 1.5 by 1.5 square foot area of it came crashing down Wednesday.