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Strong likelihood Daytona Beach convict, 26, could spend life behind bars for shooting man in face in soured drug deal

Alliston George found guilty of shooting another Daytona Beach man in a drug deal gone bad / Headline Surfer®Thomas Lawrence of Daytona Beach was shot in the face after a soured drug deal / Headline Surfer®Photos for Headline Surfer® /
Alliston George, shown at far left, already a three-time convicted felon, could be looking at life behind bars for shooting fellow Daytona Beach resident Thomas Lawrence, shown in the inset, in the face back in 2014. Both men are known to Daytona Beach cops in the drug trade.

DAYTONA BEACH – At the age of 26, Alliston George of Daytona Beach could very well spend the rest of his life behind bars for shooting another man in the face with a .38 semi-automatic handgun the afternoon of Oct. 23, 2014, after an apparent soured drug deal.

A jury on Friday found George guilty of Attempted first degree murder with a firearm, which subjects him to Florida's 10-20-life statute, whenever a gun is discharged causing injury, which requires a 25-year-to-life sentence to be imposed. That he's looking at spending the rest of his life behind bars perhaps was a fata com-pleat for this three-time convicted felon.

New Smyrna Beach cops: Suspected robber shoots himself in chest after gas station robbery

Marathon gas station in New Smyrna Beach, FL.NSBNews.net photo by Henry Frederick / The Marathon gas station in New Smyrna Beach was robbed by a lone gunman Monday night who shot himself a short time later when police tried to arrest him.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A 24-year-old man was undergoing surgery this morning after suffering a self-inflicted gunshot when police tried to arrest him overnight after he allegedly robbed the Marathon gas station, 620 N. Dixie Freeway.

The gunman was identified as William Redmond who was being treated at Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach.

Police received a 9-1-1 call at 9:37 p.m. that a man armed with a gun walked into the Marathon and demanded money, before fleeing in a gold-colored Ford Taurus. Based on a description of the vehicle by the clerk who was unharmed, police spotted it about an hour later in the 300 block of North Orange Avenue.

"When officers attempted to take the suspect into custody, he shot himself in the chest," patrol Sgt. John Kosorok said.

BREAKING NEWS: Brothers charged with murder in gunshot slaying in Daytona Beach

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Sheriff's investigators: More than 26 rounds fired from rifle and handgun

Ray GreenlawWayne GreenlawSiblings Ray Greenlaw and Wayne Greenlaw are being held with out bail on first-degree murder charges in Saturday morning's drug-related gunshot slaying in Daytona Beach.

DAYTONA BEACH -- Volusia County Sheriff’s investigators have charged two brothers, 54-year-old Ray Greenlaw and 51-year-old Wayne Greenlaw, with murder and other criminal offenses related to today’s melee under the cover of darkness that led to one man being gunned down in the street and a surviving victim undergoing surgery for a machete strike to his left forearm.

Combined, the two brothers fired off more than 26 rounds from a rifle and handgun during the 5:36 a.m.

Volusia County Sheriff's Office investigating report of injured 1-year-old New Smyrna Beach girl

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A 1-year-old child has been transported to Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach with non-life threatening injuries earlier in the day Thursday after a neighbor took possession of the child and called authorities.

"The Volusia County Sheriff's Office received information about an injured child in the New Smyrna Beach area and responded to begin an investigation," agency spokesman Brandon Haught said. "Investigators are interviewing family members and possible witnesses to determine how the child was injured."