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Sheriff: Pair caught in car burglary had pile of stolen goods in home near NSB

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Courtesy photos / Volusia Jail mugs. John Collier, 22, and Justin Schaffer, 21, were both arrested Tuesday at their residence near New Smyrna Beach on charges of burglary of a conveyance, burglary of an occupied dwelling and possession of burglary tools .

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The arrest of two men near New Smyrna Beach for breaking into a car led to a small treasure trove of stolen goods in one suspect's home, giving Volusia County Sheriff's investigators a chance to close out several car burglary cases and return some valuables to their owners.

Edgewater cops: Death of man found tied to bed being investigated as a homicide

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EDGEWATER -- A local contractor found hogtied to his bed on June 29, died Monday of his injuries and police are treating the incident as a homicide.

Keith Cope was pronounced dead Monday at HalifaxMedical Center, having suffered a number of injuries resulting from being tied so tight with duct tape to his bed on Victory Palm Drive that his left arm had to be amputated and he quickly slipped into a coma, according to an Edgewater police report, which classifies his death a homicide. Cope was 50 years old.

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July 14, 2009: Kenneth P. Tomory, New Smyrna Beach, and Gabrielle A. Levesque, Naples; Michael McGerty II and Linda M. McGerty, Edgewater; Keith B. Sanderson and Sandra S. Seibert, Edgewater; Nathan M. Scott and Angelique M. Chandhok, New Smyrna Beach; Jason R. Charette and Tarra D. Norton, Edgewater; Keshawn D. Boyd, New Smyrna Beach, and Sarah B. Wellman, Daytona Beach.

Reported first by NSBNEWS.net: County Manager Jim Dinneen proposes new fiscal budget that requires $16 million less in spending

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Courtesy photo. County Manager James Dinneen has proposed a $617.7 million budget for the upcoming fiscal year that relies on the rollback rate for taxing purposes.

DELAND -- Volusia County Manager Jim Dinneen has presented the Volusia County Council with a $617.7 million proposed overall budget to fund the operations of county government for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1. The proposed budget calls for a general fund property tax rate of $5.44 per $1,000 of taxable property value – equal to the rollback rate. The rollback tax rate produces the same amount of revenue as the current budget year.

Kiwanis volunteer Ray Hallstrom remembered for 'good works'

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Raymond B. Hallstrom, better known as "Ray" among his colleagues and friends in the Kiwanis Club of Southeast Volusia, will be remembered for his "good works" as the longtime secretary of the club, having died on June 30, at the Hospice Care Center in Edgewater. He was 64.