FORMER COUNTRY CLUB EMPLOYEE ARRESTED FOR ARSON
By: Gary Davidson Deltona, Fl (February 17, 2012) – An ex-employee at the Deltona Hills Golf & Country Club is facing an arson charge after he was accused of torching the clubhouse early Friday morning because he was angry at his former employer. Responding Volusia County Sheriff’s deputies tracked the defendant, 31-year-old Rodney Grimes, to [...]
MOTHER CHARGED WITH USING MARINE SON’S ID TO STEAL MONEY
By: Brandon Haught Ormond Beach, FL (February 16, 20120 – A U.S. Marine deployed for more than six months was shocked to discover when he returned home that thousands of dollars were missing from his bank account. Making matters worse, he suspected the culprit was his own mother. An investigation by the Volusia County Sheriff’s [...]
LEAVING KEYS IN CAR IS OPEN INVITATION TO THIEVES
By: Brandon Haught Deltona, FL (January 23, 2012) – Don’t make life easy for car thieves by leaving your car keys in the ignition. It might seem harmless to leave a car running in a store’s parking lot while you dash inside “just for a minute.” But that minute is all opportunistic thieves need to [...]
FIVE ARRESTED WITH GUN, MARIJUANA WHILE FLEEING BURGLARY
By: Gary Davidson Deltona, FL (January 22, 2012) – Suspects fleeing from a residential burglary in Deltona Saturday night rolled their car on its side while trying to get away from responding Volusia County Sheriff’s deputies. Thanks to an alert resident who spotted the break-in as it was happening, deputies were able to nab five suspects, [...]
MISSING 86-YEAR-OLD DELTONA WOMAN FOUND
By: Gary Davidson Deltona, Fl (November 2, 2011) – Update: The missing woman, Hazel Robbins, has been located. A resident onWakefield Circle, about a half-mile from where Robbins went missing, spotted the 86-year-old woman in his backyard. Robbins was recovered at about 2:25 p.m. After paramedics finish checking her out, she’ll be brought home to [...]
VICTIM’S FAMILY HELPS NAB BURGLARY SUSPECTS
By: Gary Davidson Deltona, FL (October 7, 2011) – A pair of shoplifting suspects managed to get away from Volusia County Sheriff’s deputies Wednesday night, and one has puncture marks on the back of his shirt from a deputy’s Taser to prove it. But when the duo broke into a car the next night, their [...]
GOOD SAMARITANS END ONE-MAN CRIME SPREE
By: Brandon Haught Deltona, FL (October 4, 2011) – A Deltona man had a busy, crime-filled Monday, including breaking into a home while the resident was still inside, stealing a truck from a church parking lot and snatching a Walmart shopper’s purse. But that last crime was foiled by a father and son Good Samaritan [...]
Suspect in Custody at DeBary Burger King Shooting
DeBary, FL (September 19, 2011) – Law enforcement authorities have a suspect in custody after an early morning shooting at the Burger King restaurant in DeBary at the intersection of exit 108 and Dirksen Road DeBary. Helicopters and K-9 were called in for the search shortly after the reported 10: a.m. shooting. Volusia County Deputies [...]