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Posted Oct. 14, 2009

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October 14, 2009

For immediate release

RAIDS TOPPLE MAJOR DRUG RING

Illegal drugs will be scarcer in the DeLand area after local, state and federal agents dismantled a major marijuana and cocaine distribution ring during a series of coordinated raids. Capping off a nearly 20-month investigation, Wednesday’s raids snared the two reputed heads of the organization, 34-year-old Edward Dragon of DeLand and 27-year-old Hilario Dela-Sancha of DeLeon Springs. ...

more at

Volusia County Sheriffs' News web page.

Sebastian Cross

Received from the Daytona Beach News-Journal

Oct. 14, 2009

On August 17,2009, victim Sebastian Cross was the victim of a homicide
at 218 Reva Street. ...

more info on POI's

DAYTONA BEACH FLORIDA web page.

H1N1 SWINE FLU-RELATED DEATH IN VOLUSIA COUNTY

The Volusia County Health Department has been notified of an H1N1 swine
flu-related death of a 58-year-old male.

While most cases of H1N1 swine flu are mild, there are exceptions.
Pre-existing health conditions often play a role in how individuals
react to the flu. However, this case did not involve known medical
complications. ...

more at

PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE PORT ORANGE AREA

PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE PORT ORANGE AREA web page.

Posted Oct. 12, 2009

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CHRISTOPHER PICKLO M 29 of NEW SY

was involved in a serious vehicle accident

see Press release on POI's

Florida Highway Patrol web page.

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October 12, 2009

Trial starts today in prison slaying

By JAY STAPLETON
Staff Writer , Daytona Beach News-Journal

DAYTONA BEACH -- A corrections officer's last moments alive will be the focus of a trial beginning today.

Enoch Hall, 40, who is already serving a life sentence for kidnapping and rape, now faces the death penalty if convicted of fatally stabbing Corrections Officer Donna Fitzgerald on June 25, 2005. Fitzgerald's body was found slumped over a cart in a work area at Tomoka Correctional Institution. ...

more at http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline
/News/Headlines/frtHEAD01101209.htm

Public records for Oct. 10, 2009
Daytona Beach News-Journal
Angela Wade Stokes, 42, Port Orange, fraudulent use of a credit card; Janice K. Dinger, 57, Orange City, aggravate domestic assault; Rachel Marie Conley, ...

NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Oct. 14, 2009

Contacts:
Stefany Strong, Public Information Officer, Volusia County Health
Dept., (386) 274-0838
Shelley Szafraniec, APR, CPRC, Volusia County Community Information,
(386) 804-2195

H1N1 SWINE FLU-RELATED DEATH IN VOLUSIA COUNTY

The Volusia County Health Department has been notified of an H1N1 swine
flu-related death of a 58-year-old male.

While most cases of H1N1 swine flu are mild, there are exceptions.
Pre-existing health conditions often play a role in how individuals
react to the flu. However, this case did not involve known medical
complications.

“We extend our sincere sympathy to the family,” said Dr. Bonnie
Sorensen, director of the Volusia County Health Department. “Our
hearts go out to them during this difficult time.”

Citizens are urged to practice good hand hygiene and proper coughing
etiquette to prevent the spread of germs and to avoid getting sick.
“Since the H1N1 swine flu virus is circulating in our community it
is important for everyone to practice the proper precautions,” said
Health Department Director Dr. Bonnie Sorensen.

During a typical flu season there are 36,000 deaths nationwide and
about 200,000 people hospitalized with seasonal influenza-like illness.

Flu prevention tips
● Cover nose or mouth with a tissue when coughing or sneezing. Throw
the tissue in the garbage after using it.
● Wash hands often with soap and water, especially after coughing or
sneezing. Alcohol-based hand sanitizers also are effective.
● Avoid touching eyes, nose or mouth. Germs can be spread by this
way.
● Stay home if sick.
● Contact your medical provider if you have a fever and flu-like
symptoms. Symptoms of flu include:
-- Fever more than 100 degrees
-- Cough
-- Sore throat
-- Body aches
-- Stuffy or runny nose
-- Extreme tiredness
-- Headache
-- Vomiting or diarrhea

For more information about flu, visit www.VolusiaHealth.com or call the
Florida Department of Health Flu Information Line (877) 352-3581.
Let’s fight flu together.

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Dozens of cats rescued in house fire

Dozens of cats were rescued from a house fire on Vine Street in Daytona Beach on October 6, 2009.

Daytona Beach News-Journal video

see POI's

DAYTONA BEACH FLORIDA web page.

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Gun Fight Caught on Tape

Oct. 9, 2009

Police released surveillance video to identify gunmen captured on camera at Route 66 Bar in Toledo, Ohio.

The shootout involved multiple gunmen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGmL0ki_W-Y

PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE PORT ORANGE AREA web page.

Posted Oct. 10, 2009

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Man escapes house fire
Daytona Beach News-Journal
A Port Orange resident suffered minor burns but escaped under a garage door early Friday morning when his home went up in flames. The fire on Leisure Circle ...
See all stories on this topic

· Public records for Oct. 9, 2009
Daytona Beach News-Journal
... Port Orange, possession of cocaine; Ruth Marie Johnson, 49, Ormond Beach, possession of marijuana over 20 grams; Joseph Nicholas Hagg, 28, Port Orange, ...
See all stories on this topic

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DELTONA BANK ROBBER CAPTURED

A robber got away with cash from a Deltona bank September 29 but left behind something valuable to Volusia County Sheriff’s investigators: fingerprints. George Vega was arrested Thursday on a warrant charging him with robbery and booked into the Volusia County Branch Jail in Daytona Beach. ...

press release on POI's

Volusia County Sheriffs' News

PORT ORANGE, Oct. 9, 2009—At 12:13 this morning, crews from Port Orange,

South Daytona, and Volusia County Fire Services

responded to 199 Leisure Circle (correct address is 200 --ed) for a residential fire.

see press release and videos on POI's

FIRES IN PORT ORANGE

PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE PORT ORANGE AREA web page.

Posted Oct. 7, 2009

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Vehicle one impacted vehicle two on the passenger side, driver of vehicle one was ejected from the motorcycle and had extensive head trauma and was pronounced dead at Halifax Medical Center at 1124 hours. Motorcyclist identification is being withheld pending next of kin notification he is 21 yoa. Driver two is William H. Deininger W/M 08/29/29 of 64 Cormorant Circle D.B.Fl.

see press release on POI's

DAYTONA BEACH FLORIDA

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Oct. 7, 2009 at 8:09 am

UPDATE

On October 6, 2009 at 6:59 pm Arthur Jacob Jansen was placed under arrest in the 300 block of Bent Oak Drive in Port Orange by Detective Steve Braddock. He was charged with fraudulently using the personal identification of a deceased person. Arthur Jacob Jansen was transported to the Volusia County Branch Jail under a bond of $ 1,500.00.

Michael Reese, Michael Reese’s 14 year old son and Michael Cross resided together at 362 Bent Oak Drive in Port Orange. On January 13, 2009 Michael Cross died of natural causes while inside the residence.

VICTIM BECOMES DEFENDANT IN FAKE ROBBERY

A 22-year-old claimed he was robbed at knifepoint Monday night near New Smyrna Beach and that the robber took off with his bottle of oxycodone. But ....

see press release on poi's

Volusia County Sheriffs' News web page.

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UPDATE: Oct. 5, 2009 at 1103 am

As of this time, the investigation has revealed that this incident appears to be related to narcotics and involved one of the suspects confronting Lindsay at the front door.

--- PREVIOUSLY ---

..... patrol units responded to the location in regards to shots fired, upon arrival one male was dead(gunshot) at the scene and one male was transported to Halifax Medical Center, shortly thereafter the male at the hospital died from his gunshot wound. ....

press release on POI's

DAYTONA BEACH FLORIDA

Video: 2 Killed When Home Invasion Becomes Shootout
MORE DETAILS: <http://www.wftv.com/tu/5Kixc8zay.html>

Video: I-95 Crash Kills One Child, Injures Nine More
MORE DETAILS: <http://www.wftv.com/tu/5Kixc9mak.html>

2 Fatally Shot In Daytona Beach Home Invasion
Two men are dead after a home invasion became the scene of a shootout at a
Daytona Beach apartment complex.
AT THE SCENE: Two Killed During Shootout <http://www.wftv.com/tu/5Kixc8qFQ.html>
VIDEO REPORT: Home Invasion Turns Deadly <http://www.wftv.com/tu/5Kixc8zay.html>
MORE DETAILS: <http://www.wftv.com/tu/5Kixc8BT1.html>

Daytona Beach fire kills cats in home

By MARK I. JOHNSON
Staff Writer ,Daytona Beach news-Journal

DAYTONA BEACH - Firefighters doused a blaze this morning at a house on Vine Street where at least nine cats were killed, officials said. ....

more at http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournal
Online/breakingnews/fire100609.htm

Slide show: Two Men Fatally Shot During Home Invasion
Two men are dead after a home invasion at a Daytona Beach apartment.
MORE DETAILS: <http://www.wftv.com/tu/5Kixc8qFQ.html>

PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE PORT ORANGE AREA web page.

Posted Oct. 4, 2009

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V1 WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON I-95. THE RIGHT, REAR TIRE SEPARATED AND V1 DRIVER LOST CONTROL. THE RIGHT SIDE OF V1 STRUCK A GAURDRAIL AND THEN OVERTURNED TWO TIME. SOME OF THE CHILDREN WERE EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE. AT THIS TIME WE ARE CONFIRMING HOW MANY WERE EJECTED AND HOW MANY WERE WEARING SEATBELTS. THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION AND CHARGES ARE PENDING. THE FATALITY IS THE SON OF THE DRIVER.

see press release on POI's

Florida Highway Patrol web page.

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October 04, 2009

Accident claims life of Deltona motorcyclist

By RON HURTIBISE
Staff Writer , Daytona Beach News-Journal

A 53-year-old Deltona motorcyclist died after he ran a red light, struck a vehicle that was turning, and landed on the pavement in a Seminole County intersection, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

David Alan Nicodemus was driving his 1979 Harley Davidson eastbound on State Road 46 at 9:25 p.m. Friday when he went through a red traffic signal at Upsala Road and struck a 2000 Mercury sedan driven by Henry James Perkins Jr., 28, of Sanford, FHP spokeswoman Kim Montes said in a news release....

more at http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnli
ne/News/WestVolusia/wvlWEST01100409.htm

ARMED HOLD-UP ATTEMPT FOILED IN DELTONA

press release on POI's

Volusia County Sheriffs' News

PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE PORT ORANGE AREA web page.

Posted Oct. 3, 2009

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Teen Overdose Victim Was Surrounded By Drugs

Posted: 5:37 pm EDT October 1, 2009Updated: 6:43 pm EDT October 1, 2009

PORT ORANGE, Fla. -- A 14-year-old Port Orange boy, who died Saturday from a drug overdose, will be laid to rest after a funeral service Thursday night. New police documents are starting to show how Jeremiah Reese lived his life surrounded by his father's drugs. ..

AGENTS RAID DOCTOR’S OFFICE IN PRESCRIPTION DRUG FRAUD CASE

Law enforcement agents seized patient records Thursday morning as part of a sweeping investigation into a Central Florida doctor suspected of prescription fraud. Dr. Ralph Chambers, Jr., came under suspicion after several of his patients died from drug overdoses. He operates a drug treatment program at New Hope Family Care in Sanford and has been under investigation since 2005. ..

see press release on POI's

Volusia County Sheriffs' News web page.

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MAN FIRES GUN DURING ROAD RAGE INCIDENT

A 43-year-old man was arrested Wednesday night after he admitted to firing a gun during a road rage incident while on North U.S. Highway 17 in DeLeon Springs. ...

see press release on POI's

Volusia County Sheriffs' News web page.

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PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE PORT ORANGE AREA web page.

Posted Sept. 30, 2009

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· Public records for Sept. 30, 2009
Daytona Beach News-Journal
... Jordan E. Hawkins, Daytona Beach; Phillip M. Purnell Jr. and Shannon L. Purnell, Ormond Beach; Aaron L. Huenke and Brittnee M. Hirschmann, Port Orange. ...

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DELTONA MAN CHARGED WITH FONDLING TEENAGE GIRL

press release on POI's

Volusia County Sheriffs' News

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Port Orange, Fl.

Arrested:

warrant against Michael Reese for the charge of Neglect of a Child.

Michael Louis Reese
DOB 05/23/1957

see press release on POI's

Port Orange Police News web page.

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Port Orange, Fl.

Dad Whose Son Overdosed Charged With Child Neglect

see video at

http://www.wesh.com/news/21163452/detail.html?
treets=orl&tml=orl_8pm&ts=T&tm
i=orl_8pm_1_07000109302009

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More charges added to Volusia's copper thief suspect

The Volusia County Sheriff's Office filed more burglary and grand theft charges against a man it said was connected to a second theft of copper at another cell phone tower.

David McDonald, 35, of Port Orange was already under arrest for burglary, grand theft, theft of copper, possession of burglary tools and violation of probation stemming from a cell phone tower burglary early Sunday....

more at http://www.orlandosentinel.co
m/news/local/breakingnews/orl-bk-charges-added-copper-theft-093009,0,2734120.story

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Update Sept. 30, 2009

The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office has filed additional criminal charges against the defendant after connecting him to a copper theft at a second cell tower site. The new copper theft was reported on Monday, one day after David McDonald’s arrest. The site of the second theft was an AT&T tower on West Indian River Boulevard near Edgewater -- less than a half-mile from Sunday’s theft. AT&T officials said the theft at their site occurred sometime on Sunday.

At the AT&T site, the suspect broke through a fence and cut approximately 30 feet of copper ground cable and also took a copper ground buss bar. On Monday, deputies took an AT&T representative to look through the copper wire seized from McDonald during his arrest and identified copper taken from his company’s tower site. Deputies filed additional charges against the defendant for burglary and grand theft.

Gary Davidson

Public Information Officer

Volusia County Sheriff’s Office

see original press release on POI's

Volusia County Sheriffs' News

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