Photos for Headline Surfer / Daytona Beach Shores Public Safety officers, with assistance from Port Orange cops, a Daytona Beach Police k9 unit, and VCSO Air One helicopter, arrested five juveniles who tried to break into parked vehicles at Castaways Resort at 2043 S. Atlantic Ave., Daytona Beach Shores before fleeing over the Dunlawton Bridge into Port Orange.
By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer
DAYTONA BEACH SHORES – Five Orlando-area teenagers trying to break into vehicles at a Daytona Beach Shores hotel fled from a Daytona Beach Shores Public Safety officer who attempted to stop their vehicle on South Atlantic Avenue, but were soon found hiding in a residential neighborhood in Port Orange and arrested.
Here is a synopsis of what occurred leading to the arrests, according to an email media alert sent to Headline Surfer by Cindi Lane, community information coordinator for Daytona Beach Shores:
Daytona Beach Shores Public Safety Department responded to Castaways Resort at 2043 S. Atlantic Ave. after receiving a call at 2:45 a.m. Friday about a group of teens going from car to car in the parking lot, attempting to open car doors.
A short time later, Daytona Beach Shores Public Safety Sgt. Richard Rademacher spotted the suspect vehicle headed south on South Atlantic Avenue and attempted a traffic stop for speeding.
The driver failed to stop and, instead, fled at a high rate of speed over the Dunlawton Bridge into Port Orange. The Port Orange Police Department was notified, and Port Orange cops observed the suspect vehicle turning off of Dunlawton Avenue near the Port Orange Post Office.
Sgt. Rademacher saw several juveniles running through a nearby neighborhood, and officers from Daytona Beach Shores and Port Orange Police Department received assistance from a Volusia County Sheriff’s Office helicopter and a K-9 unit from Daytona Beach Police Department to locate the teens.
"One was hiding in a parked camper in a residential area and the others under a porch behind a house," Lane said. "The abandoned vehicle – which was later determined to have been stolen from Orlando – was located behind a residence on Samms Avenue, off Dunlawton Avenue east of Nova Road."
"One was hiding in a parked camper in a residential area and the others under a porch behind a house," Cindi Lane (shown here) said. "The abandoned vehicle – which was later determined to have been stolen from Orlando – was located behind a residence on Samms Avenue, off Dunlawton Avenue east of Nova Road."
All five teens -- ages 15, 16, and 17 -- were arrested. One was charged with burglary and loitering and prowling by Port Orange Police Department, and the remaining four were charged with loitering and prowling by the Daytona Beach Shores Public Safety Department.
Several of the teens were also charged with a car burglary that occurred in Daytona Beach earlier the same morning. Additional charges are pending related to the stolen car.
Lane said detectives have determined at least two vehicles were damaged by the attempted break-ins in Daytona Beach Shores. Local police agencies are also investigating possible ties to other car burglaries.
About the Byline Writer: Henry Frederick is a member of the working press and publisher of Headline Surfer, the award-winning 24/7 internet news outlet launched in 2008, that serves greater Daytona Beach, Sanford & Orlando from Lake Mary, Florida via HeadlineSurfer.com. Frederick has amassed close to 150 award-winning bylines in print & online. He earned his Master of Arts in New Media Journalism from Full Sail University in 2019. He was a breaking news reporter (metro cops & courts beat) for the Daytona Beach News-Journal for nearly a decade. And Before that worked the same beat for The Journal-News/Gannett Suburban Newspapers in Rockland/Westchester counties, NY, dating back to 1989. Having witnessed the execution of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Florida's death chamber and covering other high profile cases, Frederick has appeared on national crime documentary shows on Discovery ID, Reelz, and the Oxygen Network series "Snapped" for his analysis. • Award-Winning Journalism: Florida Press Club recognizes Headline Surfer for nine stories in 2020 statewide competition. • Award-Winning Journalism of Henry Frederick.