Daytona Beach News Archives

City officials recently got a site development plan for a new restaurant at 2514 W. International Speedway Blvd.

A jury recommended the death penalty for an inmate who killed a Daytona Beach corrections officer.

With the accused mastermind of a massive pill-pushing criminal enterprise behind bars on $1 million bond, Volusia County Sheriff's investigators started dismantling the rest of the organization on Friday.

A jury has recommended a death sentence for an inmate being held at a Daytona Beach state prison, found guilty of killing a corrections officer.

Offshore drilling would bring 20,000 new jobs and $2 billion a year to Florida, or it would doom a $60 billion a year industry that draws millions of tourists to Florida's beaches.

A registered sex offender is back in jail after police said he lured a young teen to his home, drugged him, and sexually assaulted him.

BREAKING NEWS: Tragedy strikes New Brighton pub golfing friends in Florida 8:38pm Wednesday 28th October 2009 Comments Have your say By Justin Dunn A PUB landlord from New Brighton is reported paralysed, his son injured, a close pub regular friend killed, and another has lost a leg in a shocking road traffic accident in Florida.

Two men face charges for a May armed robbery in DeBary during which the pair had hoped to relieve a man of his poker winnings from an evening of playing in Daytona Beach.

Authorities say it's one of the area's largest By MARK I. JOHNSON PORT ORANGE -- Narcotics agents dismantled what they called one of the largest methamphetamine manufacturing operations ever found in Volusia County -- capable of producing $10,000 worth of the highly addictive drug weekly -- Thursday morning with the arrest of seven people and ...

An officer with the Volusia County Beach Patrol, who was arrested Tuesday on a warrant accusing him of unlawful sexual activity with an underage girl, will make his first court appearance this afternoon.

Police are investigating a fatal traffic crash in Daytona Beach that killed two women and sent two people to the hospital, one in critical condition.

Published: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 8:06 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 8:08 a.m. DAYTONA BEACH A 44-year-old beach patrol officer in Volusia County has been arrested for alleged sexual contact with an underage girl.

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Military personnel are getting an above-inflation pay raise of 3.4% in a Pentagon policy bill.

Two teens accused of following a man home from a Daytona Beach poker room and robbing him of $10 are facing felony charges six months after the crime.

Bicycle helmets for children will be given away in Daytona Beach and Deltona on Thursday as long as they last, according to the Volusia County Sheriff's Office.

Thousands of people spent all day waiting in line Tuesday in Daytona Beach and DeLand just to get their names on a list that might make help available to get them affordable housing years from now.

A welder sparked a fire that forced about 115 workers to evacuate a building in Ormond Beach today, officials said.

A Volusia County grand jury on Monday indicted a Daytona Beach man on a first-degree murder charge.

TALLAHASSEE, FL - In an unprecedented move, prompted by a federal investigation and subsequent prosecution of several corrupt public officials, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has asked the Florida Supreme Court to impanel a statewide grand jury to investigate political corruption. Crist cited an apparent "culture of corruption" in Florida. Crist indicated that he decided on this action based on "an unsettling string of crime, and unconscionable violations of the public trust by public officials"...

A man with a long criminal record was sentenced to 30 years in prison Thursday after his latest conviction for dealing in stolen property.

A reward is being offered for information in the murder of a man whose throat was slashed in August.

A Miami woman has been convicted in the deaths of two motorcyclists she hit along Interstate 95 in Indian River County.

Thousands of bikers will head to Central Florida on Thursday as Biketoberfest officially begins.

The motorcycles are rumbling into town again for Biketoberfest. The four-day mini version of Bike Week starts today and marks its 17th year.

A Lake Helen man injured in a motorcycle crash after drinking underage at a downtown bar is suing the establishment, according to court documents obtained Monday.

Daytona Beach police Chief Mike Chitwood has never been to the second-floor bathroom at the Sears store on W. International Boulevard, but the officers who work for him have.

A corrections officer's last moments alive will be the focus of a trial in Daytona Beach.

A man who had power of attorney over his mother's affairs faces a felony exploitation charge after police said he emptied her bank accounts of $122,722. William Frank Kunselman Jr., 62, was arrested Thursday on a charge of exploitation of the elderly.

More than 15 months after state Corrections Officer Donna Fitzgerald was found partially stripped and stabbed to death inside a state prison, the inmate accused of her murder will go on trial Monday.

Two employees of a Daytona Beach company were recently accused of dumping "paint waste" and solvents behind their business at 1901 Mason Ave., environmental regulators said today.

A grandson of NASCAR founder Bill France was arrested on drug charges. According to a Daytona Beach police report, J.C. France was arrested early Thursday morning on charges of possession of narcotics and driving under the influence.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A house crawling with cats caught fire in Daytona Beach Tuesday morning.

A fire that killed several cats in Daytona Beach this morning has been blamed on ants.

The suspect and a visitor are dead this morning after a Daytona Beach home invasion, police said.

A Florida corrections officer accused of shooting a neighbor's cat pleaded not guilty at an arraignment on Thursday.

Rafael Arroyo and his two year old son David spend quality time every afternoon on the inter-coastal which backs up to their Daytona Beach condo.A "We just fish a lot, try to teach him a lot, let him go out and learn," said Rafael.

A defiant clerk prevented an armed robber from getting away with the cash at a Beville Road convenience store, police said.

A St. Petersburg man wanted for drug charges and failure to register as a sex offender was arrested in Daytona Beach Friday.