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Police: 2 men stole 17 trucks

DAYTONA BEACH -- For almost two years, a pair of Daytona Beach men took the slogan "If you can't Dodge it, Ram it" literally, police said. Claudious Stallings and his roommate Lavarus Peterkin stole a bevy of Dodge trucks and used the vehicles to ram ...

From LYDA LONGA, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Dodge,  NASCAR

Drug bust nabs 9

DAYTONA BEACH -- In conjunction with federal agents, Daytona Beach police snared nine men, including a trio of gang members, at a house on Garden Street where the suspects were trafficking in a smorgasbord of narcotics, as well as harboring weapons -- ...

From LYDA LONGA, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Federal Bureau of Investigation,  Kevin Brown

Police: Homicide victims knew killer

Two men found dead inside a rented house last weekend were targeted by their killer, Volusia County sheriff's officials said Friday. Roommates Mike Floyd and Andrew Kakowski were discovered by Kakowski's mother and her boyfriend on Sunday afternoon at ...

From LYDA LONGA, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  21 Nov 2009

Former cop tries to clear name

DAYTONA BEACH -- Rarely have employees of this city exercised their right to clear their name after a firing or a disciplinary action, even though the charter offers them the opportunity. On Thursday afternoon, though, a 23-year-old former Daytona ...

From LYDA LONGA, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  20 Nov 2009

Police: Emergency brake pulled in fatal wreck

No one will ever know what was going through the mind of the passenger who pulled the emergency brake of a red Camaro the night its driver sped down Nova Road, then suddenly plowed into a retaining wall. The Holly Hill crash two months ago killed the ...

From LYDA LONGA, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  18 Nov 2009

Roommates' deaths ruled homicide

ORMOND-BY-THE-SEA -- Two men found inside a house on Alamanda Drive were slain, sheriff's officials said Monday, and their bodies were there at least two days. Very little information about the killings of 43-year-old Michael John Floyd and his ...

From LYDA LONGA, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  17 Nov 2009

State halts processing some DNA evidence

DAYTONA BEACH -- While detectives and officers in this city gather up every clue from a burglary or car break-in, police are bemoaning state rules that are making it tough to get DNA processed. Daytona Beach Police Chief Mike Chitwood has his ...

From LYDA LONGA, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  14 Nov 2009

Police: Drunken gunplay ends in death

HOLLY HILL -- Drinking with friends on a grassy vacant lot, Tony "Zap" Williams was armed with a six-shot .357 Magnum that he fired off into the cool night air, police said Friday. In a drunken haze Thursday night, Tony Williams pointed the weapon at 41 ...

From LYDA LONGA, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Tony Williams,  Terry Williams

Marshal: Boot Hill fire arson

Someone intentionally set the fire that raced through the Boot Hill Saloon's Ormond Beach location, the state Fire Marshal's Office said Friday. State investigator Bill Newman said remnants of an accelerant were found at the scene at 1081 N. U.S. 1, ...

From LYDA LONGA AND JULIE MURPHY, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Ford Motor Company,  John Fisher

Body found in trash can after shots heard

HOLLY HILL -- Officers responding to a call about gunshots Thursday night found the body of a man stuffed into a trash can in a vacant lot, Police Chief Mark Barker said. Police received the call after 7 p.m. from the 1200 block of Graham Avenue, ...

From LYDA LONGA, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  13 Nov 2009

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