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Teen accused of threatening tree workers with machete

A 16-year-old with an admitted anger problem threatened a tree trimmer in Osteen, first with a bow and arrow and then by swinging a machete, according to a sheriff's report. A supervisor from Asplundh tree service reported to a Volusia County sheriff's ...

From PATRICIO G. BALONA, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  7 Nov 2009

Neighbor charged with punching persimmon-craving sex offender

A sex offender's craving for persimmons was cut short by a punch to the ear from a Volusia County neighbor who lived near the wild tree the convicted molester was perusing, deputies said. The neighbor, Chad T. Bunfill, 38, was arrested Monday on a ...

From PATRICIO G. BALONA, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  5 Nov 2009

2 found guilty in Ormond beating, drowning

DELAND -- David Joseph Marrow wept as a jury announced Tuesday he was guilty of killing an Ormond Beach man he helped beat unconscious and then drown in the Halifax River. His accomplice, Barry Donel Gallagher, grasped his head and doubled over when ...

From PATRICIO G. BALONA, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  4 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Halifax Corp,  Michael Nielsen

Beach officer denies sex charges, fights firing

DAYTONA BEACH -- A Volusia County Beach Patrol officer, suspended after criminal allegations surfaced he had sex with a teenager, says he never got a chance to respond to the charges before he was served notice he would be fired. Robert Tameris said ...

From PATRICIO G. BALONA, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  3 Nov 2009

Man thrown off motorcycle, then hit again

A motorcyclist thrown onto the northbound lanes of U.S. 17 in DeLeon Springs when his motorcycle was struck from behind by a vehicle was run over by a second vehicle, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The second vehicle, a pickup, did not stop ...

From PATRICIO G. BALONA, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  3 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Dodge

Brit killed in ISB crash a regular visitor

DAYTONA BEACH -- The British citizen killed in a traffic crash this week was hosting his friends from Wallasey, England, on a golf vacation in Daytona Beach, his sister said. Malcolm Allanson, 59 -- who owned a house in Daytona Beach and according to ...

From PATRICIO G. BALONA, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  30 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Skype

Woman accused of spitting on deputy arrested

DELAND -- A Crescent City woman stopped for making an illegal left turn in her car Wednesday hurled death threats and racial insults at the deputy, saying her father belonged to the "KKK," according to the Volusia County Sheriff's Office. Julie ...

From PATRICIO G. BALONA, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  29 Oct 2009

Oops: Pilot gets in president's space

A Spruce Creek Fly-In resident is under investigation for violating flight restrictions put in place for President Barack Obama's visit to Jacksonville, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA is reviewing findings from the U.S. ...

From PATRICIO G. BALONA, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  28 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Secret Service,  Barack Obama,  Federal Aviation Administration

Driver in fatal crash cited previously

DAYTONA BEACH -- The Deltona man who slammed into a minivan, killing one British tourist and injuring five of his traveling companions, has several previous traffic citations, court records show. Daytona Beach police said they suspect Lamar Elton, 47, ...

From PATRICIO G. BALONA, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  28 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Halifax Corp

Crash claims longtime waitress, niece

HOLLY HILL -- Betty Drumm raised four children of her own but she was Mom to hundreds of others and those neighbors who did not know her name, said her son Doyle "Snake" Andress. "She was a waitress all her life," Andress said. "She was in the ...

From PATRICIO G. BALONA, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  27 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Halifax Corp,  Clint Eastwood

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