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Daytona cops investigating report State Rep-elect Patrick Henry's son seen with a gun too when he was pistol-whipped in front of his home Henry Frederick Sat, 12/10/2016 - 16:11

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- State Rep-elect Patrick Henry's son was reportedly armed with a handgun when he was pistol whipped in front of his own home, according to police, based on a witness account.

FDLE: 58-year-old Orlando man arrested on multiple kiddie porn charges; booked into Orange County Jail

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- A 58-year-old Orlando man was arrested Friday on a warrant after the Florida Department of Law Enforcement said its agents found child porn in his home.

BREAKING NEWS: Orange City man with gun shot & killed by 'multiple deputies' and a municipal cop

ORANGE CITY, Fla. -- A man is dead in Orange City after he pointed a gun at law enforcement officers, prompting several officers to open fire to neutralize the threat. The shooting occurred early Tuesday morning after Volusia County Sheriff’s deputies and Orange City police officers responded to reports of a man stopped in the middle of Volusia Avenue and pointing a gun at passing motorists.

VCSO: Daytona Beach man suspected of robbing Deltona store fished out of Deltona pond

DELTONA, Fla. -- It didn’t take long for Volusia County sheriff’s deputies and a K-9 to track down a suspect Saturday night after he unsuccessfully tried to rob a Deltona Family Dollar store, then tried in vain to hide from law enforcement in a nearby pond.
 

Thanksgiving holiday weekend turns deadly in DeLand house party: 2 shot to death; internet news outlet denied police incident report

Create: Sun, 11/27/2016 - 20:56
Author: Henry

DELAND, Fla. -- The DeLand Police Department is investigating an apparent shooting at what was described as a "large party" in a house in the 800 block of Valleydale Avenue where one person was pronounced dead on scene when DeLand cops arrived shortly after 7:30 p.m. Saturday and a second person died after multiple transports to the hospital overnight, a city spokesman said.

VCSO: Port Orange man arrested on 2 counts of attempted murder after stabbing his parents during Thanksgiving after mom shushes him

Create: Thu, 11/24/2016 - 18:37
Author: Henry

PORT ORANGE, Fla. -- Apparently his mother shushing him at the dinner table, sent a 34-year-old Port Orange man into a frenzy at his elderly parents' home as they were about to have Thanksgiving together, resulting in a vicious knife attack on both of them.

VCSO: k-9 gunned down in cold blood by suspected fugitive who also fired shots at deputies in Deltona before getting away

DELTONA, Fla. --A Volusia County Sheriff’s Office K-9 suffered a fatal gunshot this evening after chasing down an armed suspect who fled and fired at deputies in Deltona, an agency spokesman said.

New Smyrna Beach cops: Man, 59, arrested after he's allegedly caught sexually assaulting 5-year-old boy

Create: Thu, 11/10/2016 - 11:19
Author: Henry

Photos for Headline Surfer / John Young, 59, is shown above in his booking mug after his arrest on felony charges of lewd and lascivious acts on a child.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- A 5-year-old boy was sexually assaulted by a 59-year-old friend of the boy's family after he was allegedly caught, leading to the arrest Wednesday night of John Young, who was being held without bail in the Volusia County Branch Jail in Daytona Beach.

News-Journal allows itself to be conduit for promotion of Capri as successor to Chitwood as Daytona chief of police amid a murder no less

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- It has become all too obvious that the Daytona Beach News-Journal is allowing itself to be used as a conduit for the promotion of Craig Capri as Sheriff-elect Mike Chitwood's successor for police chief during a murder mo less.